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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 16:05:44 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
To: Scott Cherf <cherf@ci*.co*>
Cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: DCS and injury sites

> I've checked with the archives, the litrature, my surgeon, friends who are
> commercial divers and under the bed, but have not found an authoritative
> study that confirms the popular opinion that injury sites are more prone to
> DCS than uninjured body parts.

It was explained to me by my "bends doc" that I was more susceptible to 
future DCI primarily because my previous hit left me with scar tissue, 
and scar tissue has poor circulation, making it an *extremely* "slow" 
tissue. Other than that, I know of no other references to correlating 
scar tissue or other sites of healed damage to increased susceptibility 
to bubble formation/trapping.  I'd be interested to know what you find 
out more on this topic.

Rich

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