TY - JOUR
T1 - Injury and adhesion formation following ovarian wedge resection with different thermal surgical modalities
AU - Bhatta, N.
AU - Isaacson, Keith
AU - Flotte, Thomas
AU - Schiff, Isaac
AU - Anderson, R. Rox
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The purpose of this study is to determine the role of bleeding, acute thermal damage, and charring in adhesion formation. Postoperative adhesions were compared following ovarian wedge resection in 48 rabbits using different lasers, electrosurgery, and scalpel. Twelve ovaries were sectioned per modality, in randomized pairs. Acute thermal injury as assessed by histology, bleeding, and charring differed amonge the modalities used. Adhesions were assessed 4 weeks later, by an investigator completely blinded of the treatment protocol. The adhesion scores were 11.6 ± 8.0 with pulsed Er:YAG laser; 11.9 ± 7.5 with scalpel; 8.3 ± 9.3 with electrocautery; 6.7 ± 8.8 with a continuous (c.w.) Nd:YAG laser; 5.3 ± 4.8 with c.w. CO2 laser; 3.1 ± 2.7 with pulsed CO2 laser; 1.7 ± 1.8 with pulsed Ho:YAG laser; and 0.8 ± 1.5 in the control (no resection) group. Ho:YAG, Nd:YAG, and electrocautery were completely hemostatic. Bleeding was minimal with the CO2 lasers. Er:YAG and scalpel caused maximum bleeding, requiring hemostatic measures to prevent exanguination. Charring occurred with electrocautery, CO2 laser, and Nd:YAG laser. Bleeding and charring correlated with adhesion formation, but the histological depth of thermal damage did not. The Ho:YAG laser is a hemostatic, fiber‐optic compatible laser causing significantly fewer adhesions (P<0.04) than scalpel, electrocautery, Nd:YAG, Er:YAG, and c.w. CO2 lasers. Clinical use of the Ho:YAG laser, and the role of carbonization in promoting adhesions, deserve further study. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
AB - The purpose of this study is to determine the role of bleeding, acute thermal damage, and charring in adhesion formation. Postoperative adhesions were compared following ovarian wedge resection in 48 rabbits using different lasers, electrosurgery, and scalpel. Twelve ovaries were sectioned per modality, in randomized pairs. Acute thermal injury as assessed by histology, bleeding, and charring differed amonge the modalities used. Adhesions were assessed 4 weeks later, by an investigator completely blinded of the treatment protocol. The adhesion scores were 11.6 ± 8.0 with pulsed Er:YAG laser; 11.9 ± 7.5 with scalpel; 8.3 ± 9.3 with electrocautery; 6.7 ± 8.8 with a continuous (c.w.) Nd:YAG laser; 5.3 ± 4.8 with c.w. CO2 laser; 3.1 ± 2.7 with pulsed CO2 laser; 1.7 ± 1.8 with pulsed Ho:YAG laser; and 0.8 ± 1.5 in the control (no resection) group. Ho:YAG, Nd:YAG, and electrocautery were completely hemostatic. Bleeding was minimal with the CO2 lasers. Er:YAG and scalpel caused maximum bleeding, requiring hemostatic measures to prevent exanguination. Charring occurred with electrocautery, CO2 laser, and Nd:YAG laser. Bleeding and charring correlated with adhesion formation, but the histological depth of thermal damage did not. The Ho:YAG laser is a hemostatic, fiber‐optic compatible laser causing significantly fewer adhesions (P<0.04) than scalpel, electrocautery, Nd:YAG, Er:YAG, and c.w. CO2 lasers. Clinical use of the Ho:YAG laser, and the role of carbonization in promoting adhesions, deserve further study. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
KW - acute thermal damage
KW - adhesions
KW - bleeding
KW - charring
KW - electrocaytery
KW - lasers
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U2 - 10.1002/lsm.1900130311
DO - 10.1002/lsm.1900130311
M3 - Article
C2 - 8515673
AN - SCOPUS:0027297992
SN - 0196-8092
VL - 13
SP - 344
EP - 352
JO - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
JF - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
IS - 3
ER -