title: The effectiveness of CO2 laser and electromicrosurgery in adhesiolysis: a comparative study.
abstract: This study was undertaken to assess the relative effectiveness of the CO2 laser and electromicrosurgery in adhesiolysis. Intraperitoneal adhesions were produced in 44 female white rats by inflicting a standard and reproducible injury to the serosa of a specific area of the right uterine horn. At a second intervention, 2 weeks later, the adhesions formed by the initial injury were assessed and division of adhesions effected in a random manner, either with the use of the CO2 laser or with electromicrosurgery, adhering to accepted microsurgical techniques. At a third intervention, results were assessed. The results demonstrate that electromicrosurgery and the CO2 laser are equally effective for adhesiolysis in the rat model.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Filmar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gomel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McComb
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D051381:Rats; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide