Low-level laser therapy as an adjunct to conventional therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers
| Autor: | Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Siddharth Saraf, Fareed Khan, Pooja Patheja, Khageswar Sahu, Raj Kumar Mathur |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Blood Glucose Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Dermatology Tertiary care 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Laser therapy Diabetes mellitus medicine Humans Foot ulcers Low-Level Light Therapy Low level laser therapy Aged Demography Wound Healing business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Diabetic foot Diabetic Foot Surgery Wound area Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Case-Control Studies Female business Wound healing |
| Zdroj: | Lasers in medical science. 32(2) |
| ISSN: | 1435-604X |
| Popis: | Foot ulcers are serious complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) and are known to be resistant to conventional treatment. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in a tertiary care centre (Department of Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital, A.B. Road, Indore). A total of 30 patients with type 2 DM having Meggitt-Wagner grade I foot ulcers of more than 6 weeks duration with negative culture were studied. Patients were randomized into two groups of 15 each. Patients in study group received LLLT (660 ± 20 nm, 3 J/cm2) along with conventional therapy and those in control group were treated with conventional therapy alone. The primary outcome measure was the absolute and relative wound size reduction at 2 weeks compared to the baseline parameter. Percentage ulcer area reduction was 37 ± 9% in the LLLT group and 15 ± 5.4% in the control group (p |
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