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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
The study hereby submitted has been designed to show whether there are any differences between using a conventional knife or a CO2-laser when excising and grafting tumors in animal experiments. The animals were C57B1/6 mice, the tumor was the Lewis lung carcinoma. Eight days after tumor inoculation into the s.c. layer of the back, 213 mice were treated by tumor excision either with a conventional knife or a CO2-laser. Eighty-six excised tumors were cut, and the tumor surface was swabbed into the s.c. layer on the nape of 86 tumor-free mice. Survival times of the laser-operated animals were insignificantly longer. However, small tumors showed markedly longer survival times. The interval without recurrence was longer for all tumor sizes when the laser was used (P less than 0.005). The laser method yielded lower growth rates when the tumor surface was swabbed into tumor-free mice (P less than 0.0001). Histological and cytologic tests of the laser-excised and- swabbed specimen demonstrated a high rate of cell destruction. Therefore, the CO2-laser seems to have some significance in cases where the incision is made close to the tumor or where tumor surfaces may be lesioned.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-9130
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
375-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparative study of conventional scalpel and CO2-laser in experimental tumor surgery.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study