Oblique sectional planes of block plastinates eased by Sac Plastination.
To find an oblique cutting plane of a plastinate, e.g. to cut gamma-nails in the femur, the Block Plastination technique was modified. After CT and MRI examination, the specimens were plastinated with the standard resin mixture E6/E12/E600. Instead of using a box to form a block during the casting and curing stage, we embedded the specimen in a sac made of polyester foil. A polymerized wooden block was attached to the specimen. The sac was wrapped with tape to the embedded specimen with the block. This approach limited the amount of required resin to the inner volume of the plastinate. Then, the plastination sac was put in the incubator for further polymerization and curing. When the foil was removed from the plastinated specimen, the wooden block served as a socket for the grip when sawing. The outer shape of the specimen remained visible. Doing so, the adequate cutting plane could be determined easily.
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Tayfur Sökmen Campus, Antakya, Turkey.
Ibrahim
I
Kürtül
Niels
N
Hammer
Suganthy
S
Rabi
Toshiyuki
T
Saito
Jörg
J
Böhme
Hanno
H
Steinke
D000368:Aged; D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002102:Cadaver; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008867:Microtomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D016613:Plastic Embedding / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods