Improving Health-Related Quality of Life in Wounded Warriors: The Promising Benefits of Laser Hair Removal to the Residual Limb-Prosthetic Interface.
| Autor: | Miletta NR; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland;†Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York., Kim S, Lezanski-Gujda A, Rossi AM, Marquart JD |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] [Dermatol Surg] 2016 Oct; Vol. 42 (10), pp. 1182-1187. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/DSS.0000000000000867 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Wounded warriors with lower limb amputations using prosthetics commonly develop dermatologic complaints at the residual limb-prosthetic interface, which impact their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). To optimize this interface, military dermatologists routinely treat the subset of issues related to the pilosebaceous unit with laser hair removal (LHR). Objective: To characterize the impact of residual limb skin conditions on HRQOL in wounded warriors using lower limb prosthetics before and after treatment with LHR. Methods and Materials: Twenty wounded warriors with lower limb amputations using prosthetics were administered a validated HRQOL survey, the Skindex-16, before and after an average of 3 treatments of LHR to their residual lower limbs. Responses were statistically analyzed within the symptoms, emotions, and functioning subscales of the survey and in aggregate. Results: Statistically significant (p < .05) improvement in HRQOL was observed across the symptoms, emotions, and functioning subscales and in aggregate. Conclusion: Dermatologic complaints at the residual limb-prosthetic interface in patients with traumatic lower limb amputation are well-established in the literature. The authors present the first report subjectively quantifying this impact on HRQOL and the marked improvement observed with LHR to the residual limb. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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