title: Wound healing strength: a comparative study of stainless steel blade excisions and contact Nd:YAG laser excisions.
abstract: A contact Nd:YAG laser with a sapphire tip was used to perform excisions in the eyelids of rabbits in order to compare the healing process and the wound strength to similar excisions made using a stainless steel blade. There was no bleeding from the excision made with the Nd:YAG laser; both groups showed similar wound strength and scars at the end of the experimental study.
authors.affiliation: LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine, New Orleans.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tawakol
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Peyman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abou-Steit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D011817:Rabbits; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel