ArticleCase reports in dermatological medicine2015
Effectiveness of an Innovative Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields Stimulation in Healing of Untreatable Skin Ulcers in the Frail Elderly: Two Case Reports.
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- Effect of Combined Electromagnetic Field and Plantar Flexion Resistance Exercise on Wound Healing in Patients with Venous Leg Ulcers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Trial
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- Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) Trigger Cell Death and Senescence in Cancer Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- The Role of Physical Therapies in Wound Healing and Assisted Scarring.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Treatment Reduces Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Septic Shock in Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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- Wireless Direct Microampere Current in Wound Healing: Clinical and Immunohistological Data from Two Single Case Reports.Biosensors · 2019Article
- Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields accelerates wound healing modulating MMP-9 and inflammatory cytokines.Cell proliferation · 2018Article
- Immune-Modulating Perspectives for Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields in Innate Immunity.Frontiers in public health · 2018Review
- Hydroxytyrosol contributes to cell proliferation and inhibits apoptosis in pulsed electromagnetic fields treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro.Molecular medicine reports · 2017Article
- Nature's Electric Potential: A Systematic Review of the Role of Bioelectricity in Wound Healing and Regenerative Processes in Animals, Humans, and Plants.Frontiers in physiology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Introduction. Recalcitrant skin ulcers are a major burden in elderly patients. Specifically, chronic wounds result in significant morbidity and mortality and have a profound economic impact. Pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) have proved to be a promising therapy for wound healing. Here we describe the first reported case of an innovative PEMF therapy, Emysimmetric Bilateral Stimulation (EBS), used to successfully treat refractory skin ulcers in two elderly and fragile patients. Case Presentation. Two elderly patients developed multiple chronic skin ulcerations. Despite appropriate treatment, the ulcers showed little improvement and the risk of amputation was high. Both patients underwent daily EBS therapy and standard dressing. After few weeks of treatment, major improvements were observed and all ulcers had healed. Conclusion. In patients with refractory ulceration, EBS therapy may be of real benefit in terms of faster healing. This case supports the supportive role for PEMFs in the treatment of skin ulceration in diabetes and is suggestive of a potential benefit of EBS in this clinical condition.
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