A Prospective Randomized Experimental Study to Investigate the Eradication Rate of Endometriosis after Surgical Resection versus Aerosol Plasma Coagulation in a Rat Model

作者：Rothmund Ralf; Scharpf Marcus; Tsaousidis Christos; Planck Constanze; Enderle Markus Dominik; Neugebauer Alexander; Kroeker Kristin; Nuessle Daniela; Fend Falko; Brucker Sara; Kraemer Bernhard^*

来源：International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016, 13(3): 187-194.

DOI：10.7150/ijms.14246

• aerosol plasma coagulation
• endometriosis
• rat model
• non-contact method
• thermal damage

Purpose To investigate the eradication rate of endometriosis after surgical resection (SR) vs. thermal ablation with aerosol plasma coagulation (AePC) in a rat model.
Methods In this prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blinded animal study endometriosis was induced on the abdominal wall of 34 female Wistar rats. After 14 days endometriosis was either removed by SR or ablated by AePC. 14 days later the rats were euthanized to evaluate the eradication rate histopathologically. Intervention times were recorded.
Results Eradication rate of endometriosis after 14 days did not significantly differ between AePC and SR (p=0.22). Intervention time per endometrial lesion was 22.1 s for AePC and 51.8 s for SR (p<0.0001).
Conclusions This study compares the eradication rate of the new aerosol plasma coagulation device versus standard surgical resection of endometriosis in a rat model. Despite being a thermal method, AePC showed equality towards SR regarding eradication rate but with significantly shorter intervention time.

• 出版日期2016