title: Laser biostimulation of wound healing: bioimpedance measurements support histology.
abstract: Laser biostimulation in medicine has become widespread supporting the idea of therapeutic effects of photobiomodulation in biological tissues. The aim of this study was to investigate the biostimulation effect of laser irradiation on healing of cutaneous skin wounds, in vivo, by means of bioimpedance measurements and histological examinations. Cutaneous skin wounds on rats were subjected to 635 nm diode laser irradiations at two energy densities of 1 and 3 J/cm2separately. Changes in the electrical properties of the wound sites were examined with multi-frequency electrical impedance measurements performed on the 3rd, 7th, 10th, and 14th days following the wounding. Tissue samples were both morphologically and histologically examined to determine the relationship between electrical properties and structure of tissues during healing. Laser irradiations of both energy densities stimulated the wound healing process. In particular, laser irradiation of lower energy density had more evidence especially for the first days of healing process. On the 7th day of healing, 3 J/cm2laser-irradiated tissues had significantly smaller wound areas compared to non-irradiated wounds (p < 0.05). The electrical impedance results supported the idea of laser biostimulation on healing of cutaneous skin wounds. Thus, bioimpedance measurements may be considered as a non-invasive supplementary method for following the healing process of laser-irradiated tissues.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Kandilli Campus, Uskudar, Istanbul, 34684, Turkey. hakan.solmaz@boun.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Solmaz
authors.affiliation: Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Fatih, Istanbul, 34098, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sergulen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dervisoglu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Kandilli Campus, Uskudar, Istanbul, 34684, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulsoy
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Kandilli Campus, Uskudar, Istanbul, 34684, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yekta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ulgen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004817:Epidermis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000528:radiation effects*
keywords: Bioimpedance measurement; Biostimulation; Photobiomodulation (PBM); Therapeutic; Wound healing