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- Title
Healing of Mucoperiosteal Incisions made by Electrosurgery.
- Authors
Young, Anthony T.; Malone, William F.; Toto, Patrick D.; Bowman, Douglas C.
- Abstract
The article presents a research which examines the mode of healing after intentional extensive mucoperiosteal incisions, which were made with the help of electrosurgical electrodes on Rhesus monkeys. The researchers, as reported, placed four electrosurgical and four scalpel wounds on contralateral sides of opposite arches in each of two monkeys. The researchers, as reported, found that intentional bony contact with the electrosurgical electrode resulted in severely delayed soft tissue healing, disruption of the periosteum, and necrosis of the underlying bone. The researchers concluded that to treat inadvertent electrode and periosteal tissue contact, and to minimize patient discomfort, belated healing should be avoided.
- Subjects
ELECTRODES; ELECTROSURGERY; LABORATORY monkeys; RHESUS monkeys; PERIOSTEUM; NECROSIS; TISSUES; DENTISTRY; DENTAL care; RESEARCH
- Publication
Quintessence International, 1983, Vol 14, Issue 10, p973
- ISSN
0033-6572
- Publication type
Article