start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=12 cd-vols= no-issue=12 article-no= start-page=1338 end-page=1342 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2015 dt-pub=20150928 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Histological and Nuclear Medical Comparison of Inflammation After Hemostasis with Non-Thermal Plasma and Thermal Coagulation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= The objective of this study is to examine the invasiveness of hemostasis by non-thermal plasma (NTP) compared with hemostasis by thermal coagulation (TC). The inflammation recovery process after hemostasis by TC and NTP was compared by using histological methods and nuclear medical molecular imaging. The necrotic areas in the NTP group disappeared after 5 days, whereas they remained 15 days after hemostasis in the TC group. The accumulation of 2-deoxy-2-[F-18] fluoro-D-glucopyranose (F-18-FDG), which reflects the existence of inflammatory cells, was higher in the TC group than in the NTP group on day 15. Thus, this study indicates that hemostasis by NTP is less inflammatory than TC. This report is the first to evaluate inflammation that occurred after hemostasis with medical devices noninvasively. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=UedaMasashi en-aut-sei=Ueda en-aut-mei=Masashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=YamagamiDaiki en-aut-sei=Yamagami en-aut-mei=Daiki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=WatanabeKeiko en-aut-sei=Watanabe en-aut-mei=Keiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MoriAsami en-aut-sei=Mori en-aut-mei=Asami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=KimuraHiroyuki en-aut-sei=Kimura en-aut-mei=Hiroyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=SanoKohei en-aut-sei=Sano en-aut-mei=Kohei kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=SajiHideo en-aut-sei=Saji en-aut-mei=Hideo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=IshikawaKenji en-aut-sei=Ishikawa en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name=HoriMasaru en-aut-sei=Hori en-aut-mei=Masaru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= en-aut-name=SakakitaHajime en-aut-sei=Sakakita en-aut-mei=Hajime kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=10 ORCID= en-aut-name=IkeharaYuzuru en-aut-sei=Ikehara en-aut-mei=Yuzuru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=11 ORCID= en-aut-name=EnomotoShuichi en-aut-sei=Enomoto en-aut-mei=Shuichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=12 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil=Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutica Science, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=2 en-affil=Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutica Science, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=3 en-affil=Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutica Science, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=4 en-affil=Radioisotope Research Center, Kyoto University kn-affil= affil-num=5 en-affil=Radioisotope Research Center, Kyoto University kn-affil= affil-num=6 en-affil=Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University kn-affil= affil-num=7 en-affil=Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University kn-affil= affil-num=8 en-affil=Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University kn-affil= affil-num=9 en-affil=Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University kn-affil= affil-num=10 en-affil=National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology kn-affil= affil-num=11 en-affil=National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology kn-affil= affil-num=12 en-affil=Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutica Science, Okayama University kn-affil= en-keyword=hemostasis kn-keyword=hemostasis en-keyword=imaging kn-keyword=imaging en-keyword=inflammation kn-keyword=inflammation en-keyword=non-thermal plasma kn-keyword=non-thermal plasma en-keyword=positron emission tomography kn-keyword=positron emission tomography END