AUGMENTATION OF WOUND TENSILE-STRENGTH IN RATS BY INDUCTION OF INFLAMMATION WITH AUTOGENOUS BLOOD

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 83  (1) , 78-82
Abstract
Accelerated wound healing should be possible if one could eliminate the lag phase, a period of time when the wound is quite weak while the building blocks of collagen are being brought into the wound. Injection of autogenous blood into the skin and fascia of rats initiated a response characterized by vasodilatation, accumulation of inflammatory cells, and proliferation of capillaries and fibroblasts. During the 1st wk of healing, wounds made in areas injected with blood 2 days prior to wounding were up to twice as strong as controls.

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