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THE EFFECT OF THERMAL INJURY AND MELATONIN ON INCISIONAL WOUND HEALINGPınar Y. Başak1, Fatih Ağalar2, Fatih Gültekin3, Erol Eroğlu2, İrfan Altuntaş4, Canan Ağalar51SSK Ankara Training Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Turkey, Pinarbasak@Hotmail.Com2Süleyman Demirel University, Department of Biochemistry, Isparta, Turkey 3Süleyman Demirel University, Department of General Surgery, Isparta, Turkey 4Süleyman Demirel University, Department of Dermatology, Isparta, Turkey 5SSK Ankara Training Hospital, Department Infectious Diseases, Ankara, Turkey Background: Oxygen - free radicals are generated during inflammatory reactions and cause tissue damage when overproduced. The wounds, especially burn injuries which comprise several events, result in generation of reactive oxygen species and impairment of cellular functions as in wound healing process. This experimental study was done in order to investigate whether 20% body surface area, third degree burn injury creates systemic impairment in wound healing. Additionally, our aim was to evaluate the effects of melatonin on incisional cutaneous wound healing. Pınar Y. Başak, Fatih Ağalar, Fatih Gültekin, Erol Eroğlu, İrfan Altuntaş, Canan Ağalar. THE EFFECT OF THERMAL INJURY AND MELATONIN ON INCISIONAL WOUND HEALING. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2003; 9(2): 96-101 |
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