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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2021.002

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Morphofunctional characteristics of cutaneous connective tissue scars in women with past history of childbirth after cesarian delivery

Mishina ES1, Zatolokina MA1, Mnikhovich MV2, Kharchenko VV1
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1 Kursk State Medical University, Kursk

2 Research Institute of Human Morphology, Moscow, Russia

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Author contribution: Mishina ES — study design; collection and processing of specimens; data analysis; manuscript preparation; Zatolokina MA, Mnikhovich MV, Kharchenko VV — study concept; manuscript editing. The final version of the manuscript was approved by all the authors.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Regional Ethics Committee of Kursk State Medical University (Protocol № 4 dated June 10, 2019). The study complied with the ethical standards for medical research studies involving humans. Informed consent was obtained from all study participants.

Received: 2020-12-11 Accepted: 2021-01-12 Published online: 2021-01-22
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Fig. 1. The distribution of the participants by age
Fig. 2. The dynamics of morphometric characteristics of fibrous tissue. * — differences are statistically significant relative to the previous group (p ≤ 0.05)
Fig. 3. The dynamics of scar tissue cellular composition. * — differences are statistically significant relative to the previous group (p ≤ 0.05)
Table 1. The distribution of the participants by age and the number of cesarean deliveries
Table 2. The distribution of collagen types in the scar tissue between different groups of patients
Note: * — differences are statistically significant relative to the previous group (p ≤ 0.05).