HM Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland Annual Report to the Scottish Ministers 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026

Appendix

Just some of the procedures that the body donor programme contributes too:

Aberdeen

Anatomy Department:

thoracotomy course

flaps reconstruction – plastic surgery training course

hands trauma – plastic surgery training course

white matter tract tracing course for neurosurgeons

rib rescue course

robotic colorectal cadaveric course

reconstructive breast surgery course

ENT Course

open Surgery for ST General Surgeons

gynaecology – surgical skills training

Dundee

Dundee Institute of Health Simulation Surgical Skills Centre:

principles of joint injection

endoscopic sinus tumour surgery

temporal bone course

shoulder/elbow surgical approaches

wrist/hand surgical approaches

foot/ankle surgical approaches

spine surgical approaches

ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia

head and neck surgery for tumour management

sialoendoscopy course (first in the UK)

advanced temporal bone surgery

rectal prolapse surgical management

Image Guided Therapy Research Facility:

stroke thrombectomy simulation research and training

imaging technique research using C-arm fluoroscopy, CT & ultrasound imaging,

intravascular ultrasound imaging, photon counting detector scanning.

robotic thrombectomy

laser device calcium detection

Edinburgh

Anatomy Department:

core surgical training

hand & wrist surgery course

orthopaedic trauma symposium

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh:

core skills in orthopaedic surgery

complete ear surgery

facial aesthetics

surgical approaches to the spine

knee arthroplasty (Stryker)

David Knott Foundation – hostile environment surgical training

Glasgow (abbreviated list)

Clinical Anatomy Skills Centre (Anatomy Department plus Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow):

surgical skills for the emergency department resuscitation room

elbow course

pelvic course

Royal Hospital for Children thoracic trauma course

knee robotic surgery

renal and liver biopsy course for radiologists

endoscopic urology and peno-scrotal surgery

plastic surgery flap course

tendon transfer in foot and ankle surgery

advanced facial anatomy course

(The RCPSG itself ran 76 surgical training courses using cadaver material)

St Andrews

Anatomy Department:

intra-osseus injection course

regional anaesthetics course

trainee paramedics’ course

Additionally, requests are made from time to time by surgeons for access to a cadaver for the planning of a difficult surgical procedure – an excellent example of how a donated body can save a life!