Teaching vascular anatomy: the anatomy we know, the anatomy we see or the anatomy we need?
Efstratios I GeorgakarakosMyrto PapadopoulouDimos KarangelisAliki FiskaPublished in: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA (2023)
While the traditional teaching of vascular anatomy is based on information and illustrations derived from dissection and prosection courses, the development of modern imaging technologies applied in large numbers of living patients and application of minimally invasive techniques challenge our understanding of what should be perceived as fixed and permanent. Moreover, the recently introduced evidence-based philosophy in anatomy elaborate more robust data which not only update, validate and enrich the existing knowledge of anatomical variations but also enable subgroup analyses with respect to race, age and sex, identifying specific anatomic features associated with a significant impact on patient treatment.
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