Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) at 830 nm positively modulates healing of tracheal incisions in rats: a preliminary histological investigation
| Autor: | František Sabol, Nikita Bobrov, Petr Gál, Blanka Hrehová, Tomáš Grendel, Andrea Vaščáková, Ján Sokolský, Martina Poláková |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Biomedical Engineering Wounds Penetrating Airway occlusion Rats Sprague-Dawley Tracheotomy medicine Animals Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Low-Level Light Therapy Low level laser therapy Wound Healing business.industry Cartilage Late complication Granulation tissue Total Daily Dose Surgery Rats Trachea medicine.anatomical_structure Granulation Tissue Wound healing business |
| Zdroj: | Photomedicine and laser surgery. 29(9) |
| ISSN: | 1557-8550 |
| Popis: | The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether LLLT at 830 nm is able to positively modulate trachea incisional wound healing in Sprague-Dawley rats.Tracheotomy may be associated with numerous complications. Development of excess granulation tissue represents a late complication that may lead to airway occlusion. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been shown to have stimulatory effects on wound healing of different tissues. Therefore, it may be suggested that LLLT could be able to positively modulate trachea wound healing as well.Using general anesthesia, a median incision was performed from the second to the fifth tracheal cartilage ring in 24 rats. Animals were then randomly divided into sham-irradiated control and laser-treated groups. LLLT (power density: 450 mW/cm(2); total daily dose: 60 J/cm(2); irradiated area ∼1 cm(2)) treatment was performed daily during the first week after surgery. Samples for histological evaluation were removed 7 and 28 days after surgical procedure. Histological sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and van Gieson.Results from our investigation showed that LLLT was able to reduce granulation tissue formation and simultaneously increase new cartilage development at both evaluated time intervals.From this point of view, LLLT at 830 nm may be a valuable tool in trachea wound healing modulation. Nevertheless, further detailed research is needed to find optimal therapeutic parameters and to test these findings on other animal models. |
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