Treatment of venous ulcers with growth factors: systematic review and meta-analysis

Autor: Beatriz Guitton Renaud Baptista de Oliveira, Isabelle Andrade Silveira, Magali Rezende de Carvalho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem v.72 n.1 2019
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (ABEN)
instacron:ABEN
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 72, Iss 1, Pp 200-210
Popis: Objective: To identify evidence about the effects of growth factor application on venous ulcer healing. Method: Systematic review and meta-analysis, including Randomized Clinical Trials. Searches: Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane CENTRAL, LILACS, Web of Science, Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations; Google Scholar and list of references. Results: 802 participants were recruited from the 10 included studies: 472 in the intervention group (growth factors) and 330 as control. The relative risk for the complete healing outcome was 1.06 [95% CI 0.92-1.22], p = 0.41. Participants who received Platelet-Rich Plasma and Epidermal Growth Factor showed a slight tendency to achieve complete healing, but without statistical relevance (p
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