Wound healing strength: a comparative study of stainless steel blade excisions and contact Nd:YAG laser excisions.
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.
Tawakol
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LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine, New Orleans.
Peyman
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Abou-Steit
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D000818:Animals; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D011817:Rabbits; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014945:Wound Healing
D013193:Stainless Steel