title: Light-weight plastination.
abstract: Plastination is an excellent technique which helps to keep the anatomical specimens in a dry, odourless state. Since the invention of plastination technique by von Hagens, research has been done to improve the quality of plastinated specimens. In this paper, we have described a method of producing light-weight plastinated specimens using xylene along with silicone and in the final step, substitute xylene with air. The finished plastinated specimens were light-weight, dry, odourless and robust. This method requires less use of resin thus making the plastination technique more cost-effective. The light-weight specimens are easy to carry and can easily be used for teaching.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, BR Deutschland, Germany. steinke@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Hanno
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steinke
authors.forename: Suganthy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rabi
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Alimjan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawutti
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyaki
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Spanel-Borowski