Abstract
The healing of normal incisional wounds and ischemic flap wounds was investigated in young (10 weeks) and old (102–104 weeks) rats, together with the effect of treatment with hyperbaric oxygen on day 0–3 of healing. After 10 days of healing all biomechanical strength parameters of normal wounds were decreased by 30–40% and of ischemic wounds by 40–51% in the old animals compared with the young controls. After 20 days all strength parameters of normal wounds and ischemic wounds were decreased by 29–37% and 46–58%, respectively, in the old rats compared with those of the young ones. Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen of ischemic wounds in old animals increased all strength parameters by 36–50% after 10 days and by 67–88% after 20 days. For young animals, the corresponding increase was only 21–35% after 10 days and no effect was seen after 20 days. The shrinkage of ischemic wounds was decreased by 48% in the old animals compared with the young ones. It can be concluded that ischemia intensifies the impairment of the healing seen in old age. On the other hand, treatment of ischemia with hyperbaric oxygen is much more effective in old animals, despite the fact that it also has a pronounced effect in young animals. Furthermore, the results suggest a decreased wound contraction with age.
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