Research Article
Effects of Intense Pulsed Light on Tissue Vascularity and Wound Healing: A Study with Mouse Island Skin Flap Model
Table 1
Number of used and excluded mice in the study.
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Groups and IPL treatment fluences |
Number of mice in each group |
Number of mice used for histological Study |
Number of mice used to create skin flaps and flap survival assessment |
Excluded and reasons |
Used for study | Abnormal vasculature | Pedicle not patent | Died |
| Group I (control) | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Group II (35 J/cm2) | 40 | 10 | 1 | | 1 | 28 |
| Group III (25 J/cm2) | 40 | 10 | 1 | | | 29 |
| Group IV (15 J/cm2) | 40 | 10 | 3 | | 1 | 26 |
| Total | 160 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 110 |
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