ULTRASOUND vs. LASER
Animal Study; Laser treatment provided a much greater increase in the wound strength than ultrasound.
J Rehab Res & Dev, Volume 41 Number 5, September/October 2004PHOTOTHERAPY IMPROVES HEALING OF CHRONIC VENOUS ULCERS
Abstract Objective: We tested the hypothesis that LED phototherapy
will promote healing of venous ulcers that failed to respond to other forms of
treatment. Background Data: A variety of dressings, growth factors, and adjunct therapies are used to treat venous ulcers, but none seems to yield satisfactory results.
Ulcers treated with phototherapy healed significantly faster than controls when compared at day 30 and day 90. Conclusion: Phototherapy promotes healing of chronic venous ulcers, particularly large recalcitrant ulcers that do not respond to conventional treatment.
Caetano KS, Frade MA, Minatel DG, Santana LA, Enwemeka CS Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. Photomed Laser Surg 2009 Jan 16DIABETIC NEUROPATHIC FOOT ULCER: SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT BY LLLT
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of low-intensity laser irradiation for the induction of wound healing of a diabetic neuropathic foot ulcer. CASE: We report a case of a man with insulindependent diabetes mellitus, sensory neuropathy, macroangiopathy and microangiopathy who had been suffering from an ulcer of his first left toe accompanied by osteomyelitis for 6 weeks.
Results: After a total of 16 sessions of low-intensity laser administered within a 4-week period the ulcer healed completely. During a follow-up period of 9 months, there was no recurrence of the ulcer even though the patient’s metabolic condition remained unstable.
Schindl A, Schindl M, Pernerstorfer-Schon H, Kerschan K, Knobler R, Schindl L Division of Special and Environmental Dermatology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria. Dermatology 1999 198(3) 314-6EFFECTS OF PHOTOTHERAPY ON PRESSURE ULCER HEALING IN ELDERLY PATIENTS AFTER FALLING TRAUMA. A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED STUDY
PRESSURE ULCERS
Background: The effects of infrared and red pulsed monochromatic light, with varied pulsations and wavelengths, on the healing of pressure ulcers were evaluated in this prospective, randomized, controlled study.
Results: Patients treated with pulsed monochromatic light had a 49% higher ulcer healing rate, and a shorter time to ulcer closure compared with controls. Their mean ulcer area was reduced to 10% after 5 weeks compared with 9 weeks for the controls.
Conclusion: The results are encouraging as pulsed monochromatic light increased healing rate and shortened healing time. This will positively affect the quality of life in elderly patients with pressure ulcers.
Schubert V.Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy and Elderly Care Research, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 2001 Feb;17(1):32-8
