Photobiomodulation with polychromatic light increases zone 4 survival of transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap.
RatOtherWistarMalen = 21 rats randomised into 3 groups of 7Transcutaneous light applicationApplied from a distance of 10 cm to the whole abdominal wallEither for 7 days before flap elevation as a delay procedure (group 2) or immed…
Model: Transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap elevation with ischaemic necrosis of the distal skin paddle, particularly zone 4
Mean skin flap necrosis was 56.17 plus or minus 23.68 per cent in controls, 30.92 plus or minus 17.46 per cent in the delay group and 22.73 plus or minus 12.98 per cent in the therapeutic photobiomodulation group, with both treated groups significantly better than control. Zone 4 vascularisation wa…
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