title: The effects of lyophilized homograft amniotic membrane on wound healing on rabbits.
abstract: This study was carried out on 15 rabbits in order to determine the effects of lyophilized homograft amniotic membrane on the healing of mucosal surfaces. Two wounds of 1 cm in diameter were made in the sublingual mucosa of each rabbit; one was covered with amniotic membrane while the other was left uncovered as a control. The wounds were examined at intervals of 2 or 3 days for approximately two weeks and biopsies were taken. Our results show that amniotic membrane not only facilitated wound healing, but also induced epithelialization.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onerci
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001684:Biological Dressings; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005612:Freeze Drying; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing