Light-weight plastination.
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.
Steinke
Hanno
H
Institut für Anatomie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, BR Deutschland, Germany. steinke@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Rabi
Suganthy
S
Saito
Toshiyuki
T
Sawutti
Alimjan
A
Miyaki
Takayoshi
T
Itoh
Masahiro
M
Spanel-Borowski
Katharina
K