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ReviewAdvances in therapy2018

The Role of Trypsin:Chymotrypsin in Tissue Repair.

Dilip Shah, Kushal Mital

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Review in Advances in therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dilip ShahSaifee Hospital, Mumbai, India. drdilipdshah@gmail.com.
Kushal MitalMedicare Hospital, Mumbai, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue damage of all types, such as surgical or accidental injuries, fractures, and burns, stimulates a well-orchestrated, physiological process of healing, which ultimately leads to structural and functional restoration of the damaged tissues. The tissue repair process can be broadly divided into four continuous and overlapping phases-hemostasis and coagulation, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. If the process is interrupted or halted during any stage, it leads to impaired healing and formation of a chronic wound. Chronic wounds are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and poor quality of life. Therefore, prompt and effective management of acute tissue injury is necessary to prevent it from progressing to a chronic wound. Proteolytic enzymes have been used to facilitate tissue repair since ancient times. Trypsin:chymotrypsin is an oral proteolytic enzyme preparation which has been in clinical use since the 1960s. It provides better resolution of inflammatory symptoms and promotes speedier recovery of acute tissue injury than several of the other existing enzyme preparations. This review article revisits the role and clinical utility of trypsin:chymotrypsin combination in tissue repair.

fundingTorrent Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Indexed as

BurnsChymotrypsinDrug CombinationsHumansInflammationPeptide HydrolasesQuality of LifeTrypsinWound HealingWounds and InjuriesChymotrypsinDrug CombinationsPeptide HydrolasesTrypsinAccidental injuriesBurnHealingOrthopedic injuriesProteolytic enzymesSciaticaSurgical injuriesTissue injuryTissue repairTrypsin:chymotrypsin

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PMID29209994
PMCPMC5778189

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