Chiang Mai Journal of Science

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To study the present situation of a self-donated body donation as a source for supply of cadavera for anatomical dissection for increasing healthcare provider students, to predict the sufficientcy of the supply. A retrospective data collection and analysis - regression and percentage - were made on people donating their own bodies, after death, for anatomical dissection, during 1980-1998 to the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. There were 22,602 donators with an age range from 2-96 years, 80.5% were between 21-60 years, of various occupation and of equal sex distribution. There were 1229 death, male predominated by three to one, and 73.2% were above 60 when deceased. There was a trend for the donation to increase yearly as well as a trend for the deceased to increase along with the increased collective donators of that year. In 1998, after deducting cadavera dying of severe contagious diseases and those used for skeleton, there were 205 left for dissection purposes. This number of 205 cadavera is sufficient for the present and the near future, except when other concerns are considered. These include further development of the departmental postgraduate works as well as anticipation for hands-on workshops of various clinical departments and a help to other departments of anatomy that are in need of cadavera to operate.

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