Role of Local Skin Incision Infiltration by Oxytocin On Wound Healing

Nowadays, cesarean is one of the most common surgical interventions and its prevalence has increased in most countries in the recent years.

At present, all efforts are focused on the early and effective healing of caesarean skin wound and its associated complications.

There is a wide range of topical and systemic treatments for the management of caesarean skin incision. Topical treatments have side effects and hence are not considered as the treatment of choice for such incisions.

Oxytocin is a Nonapeptide hormone of a cyclic six amino-acid structure and a tail of three amino acids, responsible for initiation of the milk ejection reflex and stimulating the uterine contractions.

However, other important roles of oxytocin include improvement of social life, exerting pain-relieving, anti anti-stress/anti-inflammatory and restorative effects, friendship and making social relationship with individual or group.

However, other important roles of oxytocin include improvement of social life, exerting pain-relieving, anti anti-stress/anti-inflammatory and restorative effects, friendship and making social relationship with individual or group.

In conclusion, oxytocin is linked to many different, sometimes opposite effects The intact cyclic molecule may act to initiate social interaction and associated psychophysiological effects, whereas linear oxytocin and C-terminal fragments may induce relaxation and anti-stress effects following social interaction.

In this way, the principal hormone oxytocin and its fragments may take part in a behavioral sequence, ranging from approach and interaction to calm and relaxation.

Linear fragments, with an exposed cysteine-residue, may exert anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects and thereby contribute to the health-promoting effects of oxytocin.