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E12 sheet plastination: Techniques and applications
Author(s) -
Ottone Nicolas Ernesto,
Baptista Carlos A. C.,
Latorre Rafael,
Bianchi Homero Felipe,
Del Sol Mariano,
Fuentes Ramon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.23008
Subject(s) - medicine , scielo , medline , biomedical engineering , biology , biochemistry
Plastination is an anatomical technique that consists of replacing the liquids and fat of specimens by reactive polymers through forced impregnation in a vacuum. These are then polymerized to achieve the final result. E12 sheet plastination involves epoxy resin impregnation of thin (2–4 mm) and ultra‐thin (<2 mm) tissue sheets, producing dry, transparent, odorless, non‐toxic and long‐lasting sheets. E12 sheet plastination techniques were reviewed using MEDLINE, EMBASE and SciELO databases, and manual searches. After searching, 616 records were found using the online and manual searches (MEDLINE, n : 207; EMBASE, n : 346; SciELO, n : 44; Manual search: 23). Finally, 96 records were included in this review (after duplicates and articles unrelated to the subject were excluded). The aim of this work was to review the E12 sheet plastination technique, searching for articles concerning views of it, identifying the different variants implemented by researchers since its creation by Gunther von Hagens, and to identify its applications from teaching and research in anatomy to morphological sciences. Clin. Anat. 31:742–756, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.