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Abstract
To date there has been no reliable information available which compares gastric healing
, following incisions made by scalpel and diathermy. Standard incisions were made
in rat stomachs, half with a scalpel and half with diathermy, following which they
were closed in a standard fashion. Healing was assessed at intervals by bursting and
tensile strength measurements, angiography, and histology. All incisions were healed
by the tenth day. The only significant difference discovered was that histologically
there was a definite lag in healing up to the fifth day in those incisions made by
diathermy. It is suspected that this is due to mucosa having been dragged into the
wound edges by adherence to the diathermy knife.
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Publication history
Accepted:
January 6,
1976
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© 1976 Published by Elsevier Inc.
