Effect of low-level laser therapy on mast cells in viability of the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-343

  Pinfildi, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Liebano, Richard Eloin ^a   Hochman, Bernardo S ^a   Enokihara, Milvia M M S S ^a   Lippert, Rodrigo ^a   Gobbato, Rafael Corrêa ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINIS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; GROUP 4; LASER THERAPIES; LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPIES; MAST CELLS; POST-OPERATIVE DAYS; SKIN FLAPS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; TOLUIDINE BLUES; VASCULAR PERFUSIONS; WISTAR RATS;

CELL PROLIFERATION; LASER SURGERY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LASERS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RATS; SKIN;

CELL MEMBRANES;

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAFT NECROSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN FLAP; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MAST CELLS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 65349168369     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2295     Document Type: Article

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