TY - JOUR
T1 - The low‐output carbon dioxide laser for cutaneous wound closure of scalpel incisions
T2 - Comparative tensile strength studies of the laser to the suture and staple for wound closure
AU - Garden, Jerome M.
AU - Robinson, June K.
AU - Marie Taute, P.
AU - Lautenschlager, Eugene P.
AU - Joseph Leibovich, S.
AU - Hartz, Renee S.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - The low‐output carbon dioxide (CO2) laser was used for cutaneous wound closure of scalpel incisions. Cutaneous scalpel incisions were placed over the dorsum of three minipigs and were then closed by either the laser, sutures, or staples. At multiple time points after wound closure, up to day 90, the tensile strengths of these wounds were comparatively evaluated. All wounds, including those closed with the laser, clinically appeared to heal similarly with no evidence of wound dehiscence or infection. Tensile strength studies revealed similar sigmoid curves for all wound closure modalities with low initial tensile strengths up to days 14 to 21, which afterwards increased rapidly, with a plateau toward day 90. From our study, it appears that the CO2 laser, in the low‐output mode, can be used for cutaneous wound closure and that similar clinical healing and tensile strength measurements are obtained relative to the conventional cutaneous wound closure modalities of the suture or staple.
AB - The low‐output carbon dioxide (CO2) laser was used for cutaneous wound closure of scalpel incisions. Cutaneous scalpel incisions were placed over the dorsum of three minipigs and were then closed by either the laser, sutures, or staples. At multiple time points after wound closure, up to day 90, the tensile strengths of these wounds were comparatively evaluated. All wounds, including those closed with the laser, clinically appeared to heal similarly with no evidence of wound dehiscence or infection. Tensile strength studies revealed similar sigmoid curves for all wound closure modalities with low initial tensile strengths up to days 14 to 21, which afterwards increased rapidly, with a plateau toward day 90. From our study, it appears that the CO2 laser, in the low‐output mode, can be used for cutaneous wound closure and that similar clinical healing and tensile strength measurements are obtained relative to the conventional cutaneous wound closure modalities of the suture or staple.
KW - low‐output carbon dioxide laser
KW - tensile strength
KW - wound closure
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U2 - 10.1002/lsm.1900060114
DO - 10.1002/lsm.1900060114
M3 - Article
C2 - 3515081
AN - SCOPUS:0022615152
VL - 6
SP - 67
EP - 71
JO - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
JF - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
SN - 0196-8092
IS - 1
ER -