The primary aim of this research study was to dertermine the wound healing process in femoral arteries of rabbits dissected with LBD in compared to the heat conduction and ligation threads. At the cut end of vessels using LBD, both vessel wall were conjuncted and welded. The wound healing process after LBD dissection was characterized by welding of internal elastic laminas without fragmentation and proliferation of smooth muscle cells in the medial layer.
After dissection of vessels by heat conduction, severe thermal coaglative changes, necrosis, and vacuoles which results partial rupture of media after few days and the retarded healing, were present in the medial layer at the cut end. No smooth muscle proliferation was observed. Ligation thread resulted in the foreign body reaction at the cut end of vessels.
