As mentioned earlier I was invited lecture and “professor” for Face lifting and cadaver dissection in the Peoples Republic of China and I finally arrived in Dalian on Saturday. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control I arrived a day late. However, my host were able to rearrange my lecture and I did not miss the cadaver instruction /dissection lab. They were also kind enough to schedule a special session for my lecture so I still was able to present the information I had prepared on my technique for face lifting.
One thing I noticed is China is a huge place with a huge population. Thus the amount of doctors for this workshop was large. Typically specialized work shops will be held and there may be 20 surgeons in attendance. At this work shop there were over 100 Chinese physicians there all interested in cosmetic surgery of the face.
The enthusiasm for the lecture and the dissection of fresh cadaver heads was amazing. They were eager students, knowledgeable and were very serious about learning their chosen art of cosmetic surgery. China only recently has had a growing interest in cosmetic procedures as the population is becoming more affluent. They like all economically well off societies move beyond the need for just food and basics of living but now are seeking the life style enhancements of cosmetic surgery. Make no mistake about China, has an excellent medical history -advancement and plastic and reconstructive surgery has been no exception. Yet only recently has there been great interest in cosmetic surgery.
The dissection lab
To the left is one photo of the many I will be showing you over the next week or so. I am waiting for my colleague’s to email me these to me. The dissection lab was about 40 minutes by car away from Dalian where the lectures were given and other ceremonies. This is inside the Hoffen Biotechnique Co. LTD China which was courteous enough to allow the dissection in their state of the Art facility.
That name may not be familiar to many of you unless I explain that this the company which has the famous exhibits around the world from Honolulu to Paris of incredibly well dissected and preserved human bodies. They use techniques which preserve the anatomy specimens including entire specimens in a plasticized form.
I am sure most of you have heard of, if not seen their exhibits called “Bodies” or “Body Worlds’ which is the real exhibition of these plastinated bodies
You can search on Google for more of their exhibits and work or follow this link www.bodyworldexhibition.com .
The link for eng lish and listing of their exhibits is http://www.bodyworlds.com/en.html . I had a private tour of their facility and I must say I was amazed. They had an incredible number of exhibited specimens such as humans, horses , fish , sharks, monkeys all well preserved and more importantly visually preserved by their plastination process. Below I have a few more photos of the exhibits in their facility.
Human Plastinated
A Plastinated Ostrich is shown above and a Plastinated Human is shown as well
The facility was ultra modern with state of the art equipment which made it the perfect place to have a fresh cadaver dissection for these over 100 doctors from china and 4 I believe from Japan.
There were approximately 20 human heads for the students to perform their dissection all freshly preserved so that the facial nerve and other anatomy was could be dissected and seen well. If they are preserved as with other techniques the dissections cannot be carried out for small detailed anatomy. Fresh cadaver is the best way for surgeons to learn anatomy unlike the in medical schools where they will dissect older processed cadavers. These specimens were excellent and so the surgeons could learn well.
We did get to know some the regular staff at the facility and they were very educated helpful and great facilitators for the learning. One young lady , Chinese of course has studied in London and she was very helpful due to the fact I do not speak Chinese. Her name was Yee-Lyn I believe is how it is pronounced she said she will read this blog so please send me a correction if I made a mistake. My apology for butchering the wonderful Chinese language.
Staff at the facility who has done english translations there
There are simply not enough words to express my gratitude to this company and the use of their facility.
I will be writing more about the China Lectures and this Dissection on my next post. When I recieve the pictures from my collegques I will be posting a more detailed account of this expirence
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