title: Effect of static magnetic field on experimental dermal wound strength.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An animal model.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We sought to evaluate the effect of static magnetic fields on cutaneous wound healing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Male Wistar rats were used. Wounds were created on the backs of all rats. Forty of these animals (M group) had NeFeB magnets placed in contact with the incisions, either parallel (Pa) and perpendicular (Pr) to the incision. The other 40 animals (sham [S] group) had nonmagnetized NeFeB bars placed in the same directions as the implanted animals. Half of the animals in each group were killed and assessed for healing on postoperative day 7 and the other half on postoperative day 14. The following assessments were done: gross healing, mechanical strength, and histopathology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intergroup differences were compared by using the Mann-Whitney U or t test. Values for P less than 0.05 were accepted as significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were no differences between the magnetic and sham animals with respect to gross healing parameters. The mechanical strength was different between groups. On postoperative day 14, the MPr14 had significantly higher scores than the other groups. When static, high-power, magnetic fields are placed perpendicular to the wound, increased wound healing occurs in the skin of the experimental model.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aydogan
authors.forename: Cenk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balcik
authors.forename: Nihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haberal
authors.forename: Mahir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirnap
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haberal