OBJECTIVES It has been claimed that periodontal dressing reduces the risk of wound infection, bleeding and granulation tissue formation and improves tissue healing. This study sought to assess the effect of periodontal dressing on wound healing and patient satisfaction following periodontal flap surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS This clinical trial was conducted on 33 patients presenting to Hama...

The following case is unusual in its clinical history. I am of opinion that it is not any form of gumma, nor a hydatid; it can scarcely be looked upon as inflammatory, though its histology is probably similar to granulation tissue-formations. There can be no longer any suspicion of its malignant nature.

We considered the relationship among exudate, wound area, angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, and reepithelialization during wound healing. Full-thickness wounds were made on the dorsum of mice. The weight of exudate absorbed into the dressing as well as the wound area was determined daily. Sections of the wounds were stained with anti-LYVE-1 and CD31 antibodies. Indian ink was injected into the w...

Hypoxia in skin wounds is thought to contribute to healing through the induction of hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). Although HIF-1 can regulate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (Vegfa), whether hypoxia and HIF-1 are required to induce Vegfa expression in the context of wound healing is unknown. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated Vegfa expression and wound healing in...

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of stoma maturation on pediatric tracheostomy-related complications and to report the incidence of pediatric tracheostomy-related complications. DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review and data analysis. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS A total of 172 consecutive patients who underwent tracheotomy during a 4-year period. INTERVENTION ...

Wound healing refers to the body's replacement of destroyed tissue by living tissue (Walter and Israel 1987) and comprises two essential components Regeneration and Repair. The differentiation between the two is based on the resultant tissue. In regeneration, specialised tissues is replaced by the proliferation of surrounding undamaged specialised cells. In repair, lost tissue is replaced by gr...

AIM To evaluate wound healing activity of cow urine ark in diabetic rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into six groups (n = 6). Three groups - diabetic control, active control (glibenclamide), and treatment (cow urine ark) were operated for excision wounds (EWs). Rats in these groups received distilled water 1 ml/day, glibencla...

The effect of desoxycorticosterone acetate (DCA) on the granulation tissue of healing and healed linear laparotomy wounds was studied in young adult male guinea pigs maintained on a complete diet and on a known intake of ascorbic acid. DCA induces the production of an excessive amount of granulation tissue, as evidenced by a relatively great number of fibroblasts and by a larger amount of groun...