Trial reportLasers in medical science2018
Photobiomodulation effect on children's scars.
Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of procedural treatments for burn scars in children: Evaluating efficacy, safety, standard protocols, average sessions and tolerability based on clinical studies.International wound journal · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomised controlled trials investigating laser assisted drug delivery for the treatment of keloid and hypertrophic scars.Lasers in medical science · 2022Pooled it
- The Pathophysiology and Management of Pathologic Scarring-a Contemporary Review.Advances in wound care · 2025Review
- Could Photobiomodulation help lactating women and their newborns?Lasers in medical science · 2024Article
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- Advances in laser therapies for the scar.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024Review
- Photobiomodulation therapy and low-level light therapy in wound healing.Lasers in medical science · 2023Article
- Effects of photobiomodulation on re-epithelialization of burn wound: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Trials · 2022Article
- A retrospective study to identify the optimal parameters for pulsed dye laser in the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars in Chinese children with Fitzpatrick skin types III and IV.Lasers in medical science · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The management of burn scars has become one of the major clinical challenges in the developing countries which involve enormous treatment cost; this needs new methods for better cost benefit relationship. The objective of the study is to analyze the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy on post-burn scar tissue in children. A randomized controlled study included 15 children, ranging from 2 to 10 years of age, presenting with burn scars. They received diode laser and topical treatment. Each scar was divided into two halves. One half was treated with laser therapy and topical treatment (study area), and the other half was treated with topical treatment only (control area). The children were evaluated before and after 3 months of the study by Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS), ultrasonography (U/S), and laser Doppler perfusion imaging. Significant improvement was reported in the studied area compared to the control area for patients with P values (P = 0.005) and (P = 0.0001) for VSS and U/S scores, respectively. No difference was detected for blood perfusion to the scar between both areas (P = 0.18). In addition, no adverse effect was reported. Photobiomodulation is an efficient and safe therapeutic modality for post-burn hypertrophic scars in children and should be considered a part of combination therapy for better results.
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