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Plastination with low viscosity silicone: strategy for less tissue shrinkage
Monteiro, Y.F.; Silva, M.V.F.; Bittencourt, A.P.S.V.; Bittencourt, A.S..
  • Monteiro, Y.F.; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Laboratório de Plastinação, Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Vitória. BR
  • Silva, M.V.F.; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Laboratório de Plastinação, Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Vitória. BR
  • Bittencourt, A.P.S.V.; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Laboratório de Plastinação, Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Vitória. BR
  • Bittencourt, A.S.; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Laboratório de Plastinação, Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Vitória. BR
Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 55: e11962, 2022. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1384142
ABSTRACT
Plastination is an anatomical technique for preserving biological tissues based on the principle of replacing body fluids with a curable polymer. An inconvenient aspect of this technique is the tissue shrinkage it causes; several studies seek ways to reduce or avoid this shrinkage. Additionally, there are no studies in the literature that quantitatively evaluate the use of low viscosity silicones in plastination having shrinkage of tissue as a parameter. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the use of Silicones S10 (Biodur) and P1 (Polisil) in the plastination of different types of biological tissues of a sliced human body, having as a parameter the tissue shrinkage caused in the forced impregnation stage. Human cardiac, pulmonary, splenic, renal, hepatic, muscular, and bone tissues were analyzed. For such purpose, a male human body was used, sliced in 13-15-mm-thick pieces, having as a parameter the before and the after plastination with the different silicones. The standard protocol of the plastination of the slices was followed dehydration, forced impregnation, and curation. Half of the pieces obtained were plastinated with silicone P1 (group P1) and the other half with S10 (group S10). All tissues and anatomical segments analyzed in this study showed less or equal shrinkage when plastination of the control group (S10) was compared with that of the P1 group. Therefore, we concluded that the lower viscosity silicone promoted less tissue shrinkage, making it a viable alternative to the reference.


Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Language: English Journal: Braz. j. med. biol. res Journal subject: Biology / Medicine Year: 2022 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Language: English Journal: Braz. j. med. biol. res Journal subject: Biology / Medicine Year: 2022 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo/BR