[Increasing the scar strength after preventive skin irradiation with low-intensity laser]

Klin Khir (1962). 1992:(1):23-5.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

In the experiment on 218 white rats, it was established that preliminary influencing upon the site of a future incision with the infrared laser radiation in constant regime within the range of from 1 to 150 mW (dosage of radiation per 1 field of 0.06-9.3 J/cm2) facilitated pronounced stimulation of the processes of collagen formation and significant increase in strength of a forming scar. In increasing the power of radiation, the reparative processes in a wound are slowed and disturbed; in power of 250 mW, a wound heals by second intention, in average, after (32.6 +/- 3.2) days.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cicatrix / physiopathology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
  • Laser Therapy*
  • Models, Biological*
  • Preoperative Care
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Rats
  • Skin / physiopathology
  • Skin / radiation effects*
  • Surgical Wound Dehiscence / prevention & control*
  • Tensile Strength
  • Wound Healing / physiology
  • Wound Healing / radiation effects