Comparative healing of swine skin following incisions with different surgical devices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electrosurgical technology is widely used in surgical dissection and hemostasis, but the generated heat creates thermal injury to adjacent tissues and delays wound healing. The plasma blade (PB) applies pulsed radiofrequency (RF) to generate electrical plasma along the edge of a thin, flat, insulated electrode, minimizing collateral tissue damage. This study aimed to evaluate wound healing in swine skin following incision with a new surgical system that applies low-temperature plasma (NTS-100), a foreign PB, conventional electrosurgery (ES), and a scalpel blade.

Methods

In vitro porcine skin and an in vivo porcine skin model were used in this study. Full-thickness skin incisions 3 cm in length were made on the dorsum of each animal for each of the 5

SUBMITTER: Zhong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576679 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature