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8703289

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Occurrences in the wound until complete healing are manifested in different ways, one of which is temperature change. The aim of this study was establish if there is regularity in temperature changes in wounds healing by primary intention. Thirty examinees (27 female, 3 male) admitted for gallstone surgery were included. Temperature was measured for eight post-operative days at a fixed time each day and in the same room using the semi-quantitative, contact method of liquid crystal strips. The findings demonstrated that there were few differences among the collective thermal images of individual examines for any given post-operative day. During the first 3 post-operative days, the temperatures rose, with few differences between the temperatures of the wounds and their wider surroundings. From day 4 through 8, the temperatures of the wounds and surroundings fell gradually. Stitches were removed on day 7, and on day 8 only the narrow zones of the incision sites were warmer than the surroundings. The findings suggest that there is regularity in the course of temperature of the surgical wound in primary healing. The clinical implications are that the persistence of a wider zone of increased temperature after day 4 predicts the possibility of wound infection and disturbed healing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
N
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0889-5899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
36-8, 40-2, 44
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Contact Thermography in a study of primary healing of surgical wounds.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article