Instant Transport Media for Biopsied Soft Tissue Specimens: A Comparative Study

Table 2

Summary of the results after evaluation of the tissues placed in various solutions for specific amounts of time (only cases scoring good and excellent were considered).

Duration	Criteria	ICE; ()	20% honey; ()	30% jaggery; ()	Milk; ()	value
1 hours	Cellular outline	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)	<0.001
	Cytological detail	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Nuclear detail	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Staining quality	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Overall morphology	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
6 hours	Cellular outline	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)	<0.001
	Cytological detail	3 (60%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Nuclear detail	4 (80%)	4 (80%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Staining quality	3 (60%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Overall morphology	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
12 hours	Cellular outline	0 (0%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)	<0.001
	Cytological detail	0 (0%)	1 (20%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Nuclear detail	0 (0%)	2 (40%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Staining quality	3 (60%)	4 (80%)	4 (80%)	0 (0%)
	Overall morphology	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
24 hours	Cellular outline	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)	<0.001
	Cytological detail	0 (0%)	1 (20%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
	Nuclear detail	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (80%)	0 (0%)
	Staining quality	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (80%)	0 (0%)
	Overall morphology	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)