Does preoperative electrical stimulation of the skin alter the healing process?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-329

  Borba, Graziela C ^a   Hochman, Bernardo ^a   Liebano, Richard E ^a,b   Enokihara, Milvia M S S ^a   Ferreira, Lydia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

collagen; electrical stimulation; fibroblast; healing process; mast cell; physiologic neovascularization; rats; skin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FIBROBLAST; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN TYPE III; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FIBROBLASTS; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SURGERY, PLASTIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79952489766     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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