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ArticleBiosensors2019

Wireless Direct Microampere Current in Wound Healing: Clinical and Immunohistological Data from Two Single Case Reports.

George Lagoumintzis, Zoi Zagoriti, Mogens S Jensen, Theodoros Argyrakos, Constantinos Koutsojannis, Konstantinos Poulas

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Article in Biosensors, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

George LagoumintzisDepartment of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Molecular Biology & Immunology, University of Patras, 26504 Rio, Greece. glagoum@upatras.gr.
Zoi ZagoritiDepartment of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Molecular Biology & Immunology, University of Patras, 26504 Rio, Greece. zoizag@upatras.gr.
Mogens S JensenInstitute of Physic, Danish Technical University, DK-2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark. Mogens.Stibius.Jensen@fysik.dtu.dk.
Theodoros ArgyrakosDepartment of Pathology, Evaggelismos General Hospital, GR 10676 Athens, Greece. lohengrin_e@yahoo.gr.
Constantinos KoutsojannisDepartment of Physiotherapy, Laboratory of Health Physics and Computational Intelligence, University of Patras, 25100 Aigion, Greece. ckoutsog@teiwest.gr.
Konstantinos PoulasDepartment of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Molecular Biology & Immunology, University of Patras, 26504 Rio, Greece. kpoulas@upatras.gr.
University of Patras · GRAgios Pavlos General Hospital · GRTechnical University of Denmark · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pressure ulcers are hard-to-heal wounds that decrease the patient's quality of life. Wireless Micro Current Stimulation (WMCS) is an innovative, non-invasive, similar to electrode-based electrostimulation (ES) technology, that generates and transfers ions that are negatively-charged to the injured tissue, using accessible air gases as a transfer medium. WMCS is capable of generating similar tissue potentials, as electrode-based ES, for injured tissue. Here, through immunohistochemistry, we intended to characterize the induced tissue healing biological mechanisms that occur during WMCS therapy. Two single cases of bedridden due to serious stroke white men with chronic non-healing pressure ulcers have been treated with WMCS technology. WMCS suppresses inflammatory responses by decreasing the aggregation of granulocytes, followed by stimulating myofibroblastic activity and a new formation of collagen fibers, as depicted by immunohistochemistry. As a result, WMCS provides a special adjunct or stand-alone therapy choice for chronic and non-healing injuries, similar to electrode-based ES, but with added (i.e., contactless) benefits towards its establishment as a routine clinical wound healing regime.

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AgedHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedWound Healingchronic woundsdirect microcurrentelectrical stimulationnon-invasivepressure ulcerwireless technology

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PMID31492004
PMCPMC6784371
OpenAlexW2971981117

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