Comparison of CO2 laser, electrocautery, and scalpel incisions on acute-phase reactants in rat skin

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-16

  Johnson, Melissa A ^a   Gadacz, Thomas R ^a   Pfeifer, Eric A ^a   Given, Kenna S ^a   Cao, XiaoXing ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; CATHEPSIN B; KININOGEN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CAUTERIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCALPEL; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; LASER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SKIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN B; ELECTROCOAGULATION; KININOGENS; LASERS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0030614728     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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