The Effects of Timing of Postoperative Radiotherapy on Hypertrophic Scar in a Rabbit Model

17 July 2020: Animal Study

Shu Guo ^AG , Qiang Sun ^ABG , Er-te Yu ^BD , You Zhou ^BD , Shuang Tong ^C* , Xu Sun ^D , Ke-zhu Li ^E , Meng-zhu Lv ^F

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.921263

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e921263

Table 1 The study groups in the rabbit model and the effects of timing of radiotherapy on hypertrophic scar following surgery.

No. of groups	Groups	Timing of the first radiotherapy	Cases of infection
No. of groups	Groups	Timing of the first radiotherapy	Non-infected	Infected
Group 1	Non-resection group	–	–	–
Group 2	Resection and non-radiotherapy group	–	30	0
Group 3	Immediate postoperative radiotherapy group	Immediately after surgery	29	1
Group 4	12-hour postoperative radiotherapy group	12 hours after surgery	30	0
Group 5	24-hour postoperative radiotherapy group	24 hours after surgery	30	0
Group 6	48-hour postoperative radiotherapy group	48 hours after surgery	27	3
Group 7	72-hour postoperative radiotherapy group	72 hours after surgery	29	1
Group 8	120-hour postoperative radiotherapy group	120 hours after surgery	28	2