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Treatment of experimental wounds in rabbits by radio‐frequency electromagnetic radiation
Author(s) -
Photiades D. P.,
Osamo N. O.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs014i06sp00311
Subject(s) - dorsum , irradiation , medicine , radiation , wound healing , electromagnetic radiation , radio frequency , nuclear medicine , surgery , anatomy , optics , physics , telecommunications , computer science , nuclear physics
Twenty‐four adult rabbits of a white inbred strain were exposed ten times to sham radiation (controls) or to pulsed 14.2‐MHz electromagnetic radiation in the near field (200 μs pulses, 120 pulses s −1 ) for a 20‐minute period daily after surgical induction of a sterile wound along the dorsum of the ear. Radiation‐induced increments of ear temperature near the wound averaged 1.6°C. Median healing time of wounds in 12 controls was nine days; in 12 irradiated rabbits, six days. The augmented rate of healing is highly significant ( P < 0.005).