[Microcirculation and angiogenesis during the healing of experimental purulent wounds exposed to a defocussed CO2 laser beam].

In experiments on rats, the state of microcirculation in purulent wounds that had been exposed to a defocussed beam from a CO2 laser is described and compared to that in similar but nonexposed wounds. The laser treatment was found to accelerate the normalization of blood supply to the wound walls; the stimulatory effect was maximal when the thermal damage to the tissues was minimal.