Plasma wound treatment: From physics to animal models

Summary form only given. Non-thermal treatment of wounds has been often mentioned as one of the most promising applications of plasma in medicine. Possibility of reducing bacterial load with plasma treatment has been suggested by some experiments on fresh meat, cadavers and living mice. Initial clinical results with human patients have also been reported. Animal experiments have been carried out to test toxicity of some plasma treatments. Possibility of enhanced growth of cells following some plasma treatment has been suggested through in-vitro experiments.