Traditionally, medical schools have maintained collections of tissues/organs to engage students in anatomy. Such collections are often stored in volatile and toxic preservatives. Plastination is an alternative tissue preservation technique in which polymers replace water and lipids resulting in benign, dry, and anatomically authentic specimens. Plastination is used in medical education internat...

Plastination is in some cases unsuccessful. The goal of this work was to monitor, to describe and to analyse the reasons of S10 plastination method failure. We prepared the silicone-impregnated specimens using the standard silicone method S 10. The causes of bad preparation are numerous. Usual defects produced during plastination process are the changes in the bulk, the changes in the colour an...

Division of Biomedical Sciences (Anatomy) St George's, University of London London, UK ABSTRACT: The standard method for plastination with Biodur TM S10/S3 involves lowtemperature dehydration in a volatile intermediary solvent followed by forced impregnation under vacuum at -15°C. However, some institutions have been reluctant to install low-temperature impregnation equipment because of health ...

Plastination is a conservation technique which allows anatomical pieces to be preserved, dry and odor-free, for an indefinite period. In particular, plastination of sections of tissue with epoxy resin allows very thin slices to be made of various regions of the anatomy, permitting close viewing of anatomical structures which are difficult to access by dissection or cadaver exploration. The obje...

A method is described which combines staining of human brain tissue with subsequent plastination of the sections. Staining of 1-4 mm thick frozen sections with astra blue or aldehydefuchsin provides a sharp contrast between white and grey matter. The plastination results in sections which are durable and convenient to handle. These preparations may be used for teaching purposes in neuroanatomy ...

Plastination was invented at the Anatomical Institute of Heidelberg University, Germany by Dr. Gunther Von Hagens in the year 1979, which permits excellent preservation of biological material. Our objective was to develop cost effective plastination technique by use of acid curing polymer as compared to standard S10 technique for preparation of plastinated specimens used for teaching. Specimens...

Address for Correspondence: Dr.Venkatesh G Kamath, MBBS, MD Anatomy, Assistant Professor, Yenepoya Medical College, Deralakatte, Mangalore, India. E-Mail: [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: *1&2 Assistant Professor, 3 Lecturer, 4 Professor & HOD. Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Deralakatte, Mangalore, India. Background: The trac...

The human bodies and organs have traditionally been preserved using formalin solution, although it irritates the eyes, nose throat. Plastination is an unique expensive method for preserving biological samples that can be used in teaching research. Therefore, goal of current study was to prepare a cost-effective solution thermocol plastinate brain specimens as supplement Two brains were this pil...

This paper demonstrates preparation and plastination of local flaps, commonly used in fingertip injuries, for use as clinical models. Additionally, it reports on the introduction of plastination in Hungary and demonstrates an application of the plastination method in the clinical field. During the last two years, over 150 plastinated specimens were prepared and made available for student use in...

Museum technology is perpetually changing due to current requirements and added inventions for our comfort and furbished display of specimens. Hence numerous methods of specimen preservation have been put on trial by diverse people in the medical feld as are the inventions. But only few have caught people's interest and are popularized today. This part provides unique insights into specialized ...