Impact of Melamine on the Weight of Specimens in Different Stages of Plastination: A Cross-sectional Cadaveric Studyc
Introduction: Due to the lack of cadavers, anatomists across the nation are facing trouble in teaching. Plastinated specimens can be used to get around this deficiency and reliance. Aim: To assess the change in weight during plastination using melamine. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional cad...
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| description | Introduction: Due to the lack of cadavers, anatomists across the nation are facing trouble in teaching. Plastinated specimens can be used to get around this deficiency and reliance.
Aim: To assess the change in weight during plastination using melamine.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional cadaveric study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy at GMC Kota, Rajasthan, India, using nine specimens from cadavers obtained between June 2016 and June 2017. Freshly dissected specimens from a fresh cadaver were used for plastination. The weight reduction after dehydration using acetone (three changes of seven days each), degreasing using xylene (three changes of seven days each), impregnation with a melamine-xylene mixture (10 days in a vacuum), and curing was recorded. Weight was measured using a digital weighing balance and recorded after each step. All statistical analyses were performed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in MedCalc software version 22.009.
Results: There was a gradual weight loss after each step except for impregnation. The percentage of mean weight after dehydration was 58.59±4.03%, after degreasing was
56.21±2.55%, after impregnation was 66.06±4.69%, and after curing was 48.26±5.39% and p-value was highly significant (<0.05).
Conclusion: Continuous reduction in weight without distortion of anatomy resulted in lightweight plastinates which were odor-free and aesthetically pleasing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-025d50e2ed3247628bedeb00b7737b1d2024-04-06T10:40:39ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2024-04-011804010410.7860/JCDR/2024/67748.19282Impact of Melamine on the Weight of Specimens in Different Stages of Plastination: A Cross-sectional Cadaveric StudycKalpana Makhija0Shweta Asthana1Aarushi Jain2Sandhya mehra3Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, GMC, Kota, Rajasthan, India.Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, RNTMC, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.Professor, Department of Anatomy, GMC, Kota, Rajasthan, India.Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, GMC, Kota, Rajasthan, India.Introduction: Due to the lack of cadavers, anatomists across the nation are facing trouble in teaching. Plastinated specimens can be used to get around this deficiency and reliance. Aim: To assess the change in weight during plastination using melamine. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional cadaveric study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy at GMC Kota, Rajasthan, India, using nine specimens from cadavers obtained between June 2016 and June 2017. Freshly dissected specimens from a fresh cadaver were used for plastination. The weight reduction after dehydration using acetone (three changes of seven days each), degreasing using xylene (three changes of seven days each), impregnation with a melamine-xylene mixture (10 days in a vacuum), and curing was recorded. Weight was measured using a digital weighing balance and recorded after each step. All statistical analyses were performed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in MedCalc software version 22.009. Results: There was a gradual weight loss after each step except for impregnation. The percentage of mean weight after dehydration was 58.59±4.03%, after degreasing was 56.21±2.55%, after impregnation was 66.06±4.69%, and after curing was 48.26±5.39% and p-value was highly significant (<0.05). Conclusion: Continuous reduction in weight without distortion of anatomy resulted in lightweight plastinates which were odor-free and aesthetically pleasing.https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/19282/67748_CE[Ra1]_F(IS)_QC(SD_RDW_IS)_PF1(AKA_DK)_PFA(AKA_KM)_PN(KM).pdfacetoneanatomistscadaversdehydrationplastinatesweight reductionxylene |
| spellingShingle | Kalpana Makhija Shweta Asthana Aarushi Jain Sandhya mehra Impact of Melamine on the Weight of Specimens in Different Stages of Plastination: A Cross-sectional Cadaveric Studyc Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research acetone anatomists cadavers dehydration plastinates weight reduction xylene |
| title | Impact of Melamine on the Weight of Specimens in Different Stages of Plastination: A Cross-sectional Cadaveric Studyc |
| title_full | Impact of Melamine on the Weight of Specimens in Different Stages of Plastination: A Cross-sectional Cadaveric Studyc |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Melamine on the Weight of Specimens in Different Stages of Plastination: A Cross-sectional Cadaveric Studyc |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Melamine on the Weight of Specimens in Different Stages of Plastination: A Cross-sectional Cadaveric Studyc |
| title_short | Impact of Melamine on the Weight of Specimens in Different Stages of Plastination: A Cross-sectional Cadaveric Studyc |
| title_sort | impact of melamine on the weight of specimens in different stages of plastination a cross sectional cadaveric studyc |
| topic | acetone anatomists cadavers dehydration plastinates weight reduction xylene |
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