METHOD OF DETERMINING VOLUME AND SHAPE OF PERIATHRIC SINOVIAL BURSAE Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A61B5/107 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to field of medicine, namely to anatomical methods of examination. For examination of periathric synovial bursae cavity of bursae is filled with solution. For cavity filling used is solution which contains 100 grams of paraffin, 5 grams of wax and 2 grams of water-free dye Sudan III. After hardening of paraffin, surrounding tissues are prepared layer-by-layer until paraffin impression is obtained, which is photographed, with determination of its dimensions and volume by amount of introduced solution, its shape and topography. Obtained impression is removed from examined cavities, photographed again and its shape is determined in all planes.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to reduce time and labour consumption of examination, makes it possible to determine volume, shape and topography of examined cavity accurately.

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