Novel embalming solution for neurosurgical simulation in cadavers: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1229-1237

  Benet, Arnau ^a   Rincon Torroella, Jordina ^b   Lawton, Michael T ^a   Gonzalez Sanchez J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Embalming; Neurosurgery; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCEROL; PHENOL; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CUSTOMIZED FORMULA EMBALMING; FORMALDEHYDE BASED EMBALMING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; NEUROSURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESERVATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERIONAL CRANIOTOMY; SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

CADAVER; CRANIOTOMY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBALMING; ETHANOL; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 84899841267     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.1.JNS131857     Document Type: Article

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