Clinical effect of constant magnetic field on postoperative wound healing

    WANG Junª²Xue, LUO Erª²Ping, SHEN Guangª²Hao, XIE Kangª²Ning, WU Xiaoª²Ming

    Department of Military Medical Equipment & Metrology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi¬ðan 710033, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To investigate the clinical effect of constant magnetic field on postoperative wound healing. METHODS: One hundred and twenty patients (40 cases of caesarean operation, 28 cases of orthopaedics, 20 cases of surgical sutures and 32 cases of appendicitis), according to the kinds of these operations, were randomly divided into 2 groups (n=60). The experimental group was bound up with magnetic adhesive bandages, which were made of 0.2 T constant magnetic flakes. The control group was bound up with bandages free of magnetic flakes. Ten days later, the conditions of postoperative wound healing were observed, and the clinical curative effects were evaluated. RESULTS: Compared with those in the control group, total efficiencies of wound healing in experimental group showed statistically significant differences (96.7% vs 90.0%, P<0.05). No difference was found among the kinds of operation in the experimental group (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: The constant magnetic field can promote the wound healing and has a wide range of clinical application. ......