Experimental morphological study of the postoperative cicatrix forming after the use of scalpel made from a crystal material was carried out. The skin healed much sooner and the resultant cicatrix was more fine in comparison with the wound inflicted by a common metal scalpel.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 146, No. 12, pp. 701–703, December, 2008
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Somova, L.M., Plekhova, N.G. & Puzdaev, V.I. Skin Morphology at the Site of Postoperative Cicatrix Formed after the Use of Different Surgical Cutting Instruments. Bull Exp Biol Med 146, 820–822 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-009-0411-8
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