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ReviewDer Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete2003

[Wound bed preparation of chronic wounds with ultrasound].

J Dissemond, G Fitz, M Goos

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Review in Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Therapeutic ultrasound for venous leg ulcers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
  2. [Established and current procedures in wound healing].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2005
    Review
  3. [Therapy of ulcus cruris venosum].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2003
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

J DissemondDermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik des Universitätsklinikums Essen. joachimdissemond@hotmail.com
G Fitz
M Goos

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of different low dose ultrasound systems is an innovative and effective alternative strategy of treatment in wound bed preparation of different chronic wounds. The handling of the ultrasonic systems is easy to learn, their use is safe and little additional equipment is required. Induction of the so called cavitation phenomenon seems to be a major effect which permits selective debridement and reduction of microorganism colonisation. While the suggestion is that granulation tissue is promoted and wound healing accelerated, there are few well documented evidence-based data. Additional randomized controlled trials are needed before the therapeutic efficacy of ultrasound in this clinical setting can be evaluated.

Indexed as

Ultrasonic TherapyAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntifungal AgentsChronic DiseaseClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyDebridementGranulation TissueHumansLeg UlcerPlacebosRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTime FactorsTransducersWound HealingWound InfectionAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntifungal AgentsPlacebos

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