COMPARATIVE GROSS AND HISTOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE CO2-LASER, ND-YAG LASER, SCALPEL, SHAW SCALPEL AND CUTTING CAUTERY ON SKIN IN RATS

Authors
MIDDLETON WG TEES DA OSTROWSKI M
Citation
Wg. Middleton et al., COMPARATIVE GROSS AND HISTOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE CO2-LASER, ND-YAG LASER, SCALPEL, SHAW SCALPEL AND CUTTING CAUTERY ON SKIN IN RATS, Journal of otolaryngology, 22(3), 1993, pp. 167-170
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of otolaryngology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03816605
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
167 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0381-6605(1993)22:3<167:CGAHEO>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Surgical instruments capable of sealing blood vessels while incising s kin were compared to standard scalpel incisions in rats and the result ant scars examined in the early stages of wound healing for both gross and histological appearances. Those instruments which provide for hem ostasis appear to do so with a delay in the early phases of wound heal ing.