Open AccessRole of microwaves in rapid processing of tissue for histopathology
Author(s) -
Harsh Kumar,
Punita Kalkal,
Archana Buch,
Shirish S Chandanwale,
Sunita Bamanikar,
Atul Jain
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.135267
Subject(s) - histopathology , microwave , microwave irradiation , biomedical engineering , medicine , pathology , computer science , telecommunications
Aim: The primary aim of the following study is to study the utility of microwave stimulated rapid processing of tissues for histopathology and the secondary aim is to compare the quality of the final product obtained after microwave stimulated rapid tissue processing with the conventional method. Materials and Methods: During the 3 years period of study, 150 cases were studied which were randomly selected from the tissues sent for histopathology. Tissues were processed by conventional method and by microwave assisted tissue processing. Results: Slides obtained by microwave and conventional tissue processing were statistically analyzed by using Chi-square test. The results obtained showed that the cellular and nuclear features of microwave processed tissues were comparable to conventionally processed tissue. Microwave assisted tissue processing reduced the total time for preparing tissue blocks to about an hour. Conclusion: Microwave stimulated processing provides an attractive alternative over traditional conventional processing