Histopathological study of Effects of continuous injection of dexamethasone on wound healing in rabbits

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Histopathological study of Effects of continuous injection of dexamethasone on wound healing in rabbitsF. SalimColl. of Vet. Med./ Univ of BasrahaAbstractIn this study 16 rabbit was divided in to two groups equally the first group was daily injected by dexamethasone(1 mg/Kg) for 21 days,the second group was left without any treatment as a control. An excision was made in the skin of rabbits and then sutured with silk band 2.5cm.The skin spicemen were taken for histopathological sections for wound healing evaluation at postoperative days 3,7and 14. The scars of the dexamethasone-treated group were less formation. The epithelization ,collagenization and the inflammatory cell infiltration was less intense in the dexamethasone- treated group in compare with the control animal.