IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

A comparative Evaluation of Cold Scalpel, Monopolar Electro Surgery and Soft Tissue Diode Laser in Postoperative Wound Healing of Oral Mucosal Lesions and Conditions Requiring Elective Surgical Intervention

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Mayank Singhal, Manoj Goyal , Sanjeev Tomar , Amit B. Lall , Anupam Bhardwaj

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Introduction: In any elective surgical intervention, to gain access for treatment or for excision of the underlying pathology, a wound is created at a preplanned site which should leave minimal scar and must be least conspicuous. The reason for this transition is due to the fact that many procedures can be executed more efficiently and with less morbidity using lasers as compared to a scalpel. Compared to traditional methods and surgical devices such as Electrosurgery, a laser is gentler, more predictable, and often times will not require local anesthetic. Aims and Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of diode lasers in comparison to conventional Electro surgery and scalpel surgeries in treating oral mucosal lesions. To compare the quality of wound healing with each modality Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on sixty patients with oral mucosal lesions and conditions requiring elective surgical intervention. In this study, sixty cases were selected randomly and divided into three groups (twenty in each group) to compare wound healing of oral mucosal lesions and conditions requiring surgical intervention through scalpel and soft tissue diode laser. Group A - Surgery was done with Diode Laser. Group B – Surgery was done with scalpel and in. Group C - Surgery was done with Monopolar Electro surgery unit Results: According to this study clinical applications of diode laser for the management of oral mucosal lesions and conditions requiring elective surgical intervention was more efficient and safe in comparison to Electrosurgery and conventional scalpel surgeries, and the quality of wound healing was better in surgical lased wounds

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