Closure of skin incisions in rabbits by laser soldering: I: Wound healing pattern

Temperature‐controlled tissue laser soldering is an innovative sutureless technique awaiting only solid experimental data to become the gold‐standard surgical procedure for incision closure. The goals of the current study were: (1) to define the optimal laser soldering conditions, (2) to explore the immediate skin reparative healing events after sealing the wound, and (3) to determine the long‐term trajectory of skin wound healing.

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