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- Title
Histologic Study of Oral Mucosa Wound Healing: A Comparison of a 6.0- to 6.8-µm Pulsed Laser and a Carbon Dioxide Laser.
- Authors
Bryant, Grady L.; Davidson, Jeffrey M.; Ossoff, Robert H.; Garrett, C. Gaelyn; Reinisch, Lou
- Abstract
Incisional wound healing in the canine oral mucosa was histologically monitored at 3, 7, and 14 days after incision. Healing was compared from a scalpel, a carbon dioxide (CO2) laser at 10.6µm, and the Vanderbilt free-electron laser tuned to 6.0, 6.45, and 6.8µm. A significant delay in wound healing was observed when incisions were made with the CO2 laser, probably attributable to the excess thermal damage caused by the continuous-wave laser beam. When using the short pulsed, free-electron laser, a much smaller delay comparable to the scalpel wound healing was observed. This smaller delay tended to decrease with increasing tissue absorption. The results emphasize the greater importance of laser pulse duration rather than wavelength in relation to the subsequent wound healing.
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 1998, Vol 108, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1097/00005537-199801000-00003