Practical light embalming technique for use in the surgical fresh tissue dissection laboratory
Practical light embalming technique for use in the surgical fresh tissue dissection laboratory
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10.1002/ca.20216
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
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2.4
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Anderson, SD
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作者：
Anderson, SD
使用新鲜组织解剖实验室的外科医生需要组织颜色和质地尽可能接近活体的标本。完全未防腐的标本保存在冷冻箱中只会保持几天的良好状态，然后很快就会腐烂。未防腐的标本可以冷冻以供以后使用，但冷冻会损害它们的质地，只有在它们保持冷冻状态的时候，腐烂才会暂停。自1998年以来，我们在我们的新鲜组织解剖实验室使用了250多具身体，采用了一种改编自殡仪馆技术的光防腐方法。经过轻微防腐处理的身体在使用前可以在冰箱中保存长达6周，组织质量和颜色的损失可以忽略不计。一旦开始解剖，身体将在至少两周内保持完好的状态，没有异味。轻防腐克服了完全未防腐的标本的实际问题，避免了冷冻的使用，并扩大了可以在实验室计划的活动范围。本文详细介绍了光防腐技术。我们假设光防腐并不能杀死所有可传播的病原体。
Surgeons using a fresh tissue dissection laboratory need specimens with tissue color and texture as close as possible to those of a living body. Completely unembalmed specimens kept in a cooler remain in good condition only for a few days, and then decay rapidly. Unembalmed specimens can be frozen for later use, but freezing harms their texture, and decay is suspended only for as long as they remain frozen. Since 1998, we have used a method of light embalming adapted from funeral home techniques, on over 250 cadavers used in our fresh tissue dissection laboratory. Lightly embalmed cadavers can be kept in a cooler for up to 6 weeks before use, with negligible loss of tissue quality and color. Once dissection is begun, the cadavers remain in excellent condition, free from odor, for at least two further weeks. Light embalming overcomes the practical problems seen with completely unembalmed specimens, avoids the use of freezing, and extends the range of activities that can be planned in the laboratory. This paper presents details of the light embalming technique. We assume that light embalming does not kill all transmissible pathogens.