Table 6.
Comparative table of different techniques.
| Technique | Advantages | Disadvantages | Long-term storage | Teaching (dissection) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salafia (c. 1927) | Longterm storage | Toxic | Extremely well, when the coffin is sealed | Not tested |
| Kaiserling (Pulvertaft, 1950) | Good preservation of colour and form | Only for isolated specimens | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Jores (1896, 1913) | Easy storage | No data available | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Woodburne & Lawrence (1952) | Very active as fungicidal agent; soft and plastic; cheap | Medium brown colour | No data available | Highly satisfactory |
| Peters (1956) | Good preservation of intestines; does not affect the dissector's skin; odourless; objects sty smooth and elastic; colour-preserving | No data available | Possible | Satisfactory |
| Erskine (1961) | Soft and flexible, less exsiccation | No data available | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Richins et al. (1963) | Decreased rigidity; increased bactercidity and fungicidity; less browning | No data available | Successful for 2 years | No data available |
| Dayton et al. (1965) | No data available | No data available | No data available | No data available |
| Beck (1966) | No data available | No data available | No data available | No data available |
| Tutsch (1975) | Cheap; odourless | No data available | No data available | Satisfactory |
| Bradbury & Hoshino (1978) | Moderate degrees of movability […] and adequate degree of hardness […] for dissection | No adequate fixation of brains | No data available | Satisfactory |
| Platzer et al. (1978) | Increased fungicidity; cheap | No data available | Almost unlimited, when vacuum packed | No data available |
| Logan (1983) | Soft preservation; obviates excessive noxious fumes | No data available | Satisfactory | Facilitates micro-dissection |
| Frølich et al. (1984) | Soft and flexible | Slight odour, headache, drowsiness; mild eye, nose and throat irritation | Up to 10 years | ‘Suitable’ |
| Frewein et al. (1987) | Smooth, colour-preserving | Fluid accumulations | No data available | Satisfactory |
| Ikeda et al. (1988) | ‘Well fixed’ | No data available | No data available | Satisfactory |
| O'Sullivan & Mitchell (1993) | Formaldehyde vapour levels below COSHH limits; improved tissue preservation; more nature coloration | No data available | Proved up to 2.5 years | Satisfactory |
| Macdonald & MacGregor (1997) | Less toxic | Grey hue of skin and muscles | No data available | Satisfactory up to 6 month |
| Coleman & Kogan (1998) | Excellent preservative properties; minimal structural distortion; tissue supple; little desiccation; natural colours | No data available | No data available | Satisfactory |
| Thiel (1992, 2002) | High colour preservation, smooth and flexible | Expensive; Disintegration of muscular tissue; limited time for dissection | No data available | High acceptance |
| Powers (2003) | No data available | No data available | No data available | No data available |
| Silva et al. (2007) | Laskowski: flexible Modified Larssen: good coloration, odourless, in vivo-like flexibility | Laskowski: dark, loss of tissue texture, skin desquamation, odour | No data available | Laskowski: less suitable for skin or oral cavity surgeries Modified Larssen: well accepted by students |
| Barton et al. (2009) | Smooth | No data available | No data available | High acceptance |
| Mills (2010) | High mould preventiong | No data available | No data available | No data available |
| Al-Hayani et al. (2011) | No structural distortion, not colour changes | Hardening outside the tank; > 2 days for re-softening | When waxed, possible | No data available |
| Anichkov et al. (2011) | Natural appearance, odourless | No data available | Up to 1.5 years | No data available |
| Janczyk et al. (2011a) | Neutral smell | Yellowish coloration; corrosion; Disintegration of abdominal organs | Up to 1 year | Limited usability |
| Hammer et al. (2012) | Flexible tissues, aesthetic appearance; less toxic | Expensive | Up to 3 years | No data available |
| Shi et al. (2012) | Less toxic, good preservative properties, low volatility | Up to 2 years | No data available | |
| Goyri-O'Neill et al. (2013) | Good coloration and flexibility | No data available | No data available (good short term preservation ≤ 6 month) | No data available |