Trial reportJournal of biophotonics2021
Light emitting diode-red light for reduction of post-surgical scarring: Results from a dose-ranging, split-face, randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of biophotonics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06033430 (The Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Treating Linear Hypertrophic Scar Tissue), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Treating Linear Hypertrophic Scar Tissue: a Randomized Sham-controlled Trial
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Near Infrared Light on Surgical Wound Healing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International wound journal · 2026Pooled it
- Red and near-infrared photobiomodulation for burn, hypertrophic, and post-surgical scars: a scoping review of clinical trials.Lasers in medical science · 2026Article
- Review
- Red and blue LED light increases the survival rate of random skin flaps in rats after MRSA infection.Lasers in medical science · 2025Article
- Efficacy and Safety of High Density LED Irradiation Therapy for Patients With Hand Osteoarthritis: A Single-Center Clinical Study.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Red Light Phototherapy Using Light-Emitting Diodes Inhibits Melanoma Proliferation and Alters Tumor Microenvironments.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Red light-emitting diode on skin healing: an in vitro and in vivo experimental study.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaArticle
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Scarring has significant esthetic and functional consequences for patients. A need exists for anti-scarring therapeutics. Light emitting diode-red light (LED-RL) has been shown to modulate skin fibrosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of LED-RL to reduce post-operative scarring. Cutaneous Understanding of Red-light Efficacy on Scarring was a randomized, mock-controlled, single-blind, dose-ranging, split-face phase II clinical trial. Starting 1 week post-surgery, patients received LED-RL irradiation and temperature-controlled mock therapy to incision sites at fluences of 160, 320 or 480 J/cm
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