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ArticleJournal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery

Efficacy of Fractional CO

Yasmeen Jabeen Bhat, Yaqzata Bashir, Insha Latif, Amanullah Daing, Reeta Devi, Iffat Hassan Shah, Saniya Akhtar, Shagufta Rather, Nahida Nabi, Najam U Saqib

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Article in Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Aesthetic Treatment Considerations in Patients with Cutaneous Autoimmune Disease.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yasmeen Jabeen BhatDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Yaqzata BashirDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Insha LatifDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Amanullah DaingDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Reeta DeviDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Iffat Hassan ShahDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Saniya AkhtarDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Shagufta RatherDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Nahida NabiDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Najam U SaqibDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Government Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Systemic sclerosis is a multisystem auto-inflammatory disease-causing fibrosis in the skin and internal organs. A frequent complication of systemic sclerosis is the limited mouth opening (LMO), a difficult-to-treat condition with only a few treatment options available. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the response of fractional carbon dioxide (CO Materials and Methods: This was a hospital-based prospective study in which diagnosed cases of systemic sclerosis were taken. Patients who had significant LMO and who gave informed consent were included in the study. Fractional CO Results: Improvement in IID occurred 3 months after the first session with a mean gain of +5 mm (range 2-7). At 6 months, a mean gain of +8.5 mm (range 7-10) in IID was observed ( Conclusion: Fractional CO Limitations: The limitations of this study were less number of patients and no long-term follow-up.

Indexed as

Carbon dioxide (CO2) laserdiffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc)limited mouth opening (LMO)mouth handicap in systemic sclerosis (MHISS)systemic sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID37035592
PMCPMC10081469
OpenAlexW4320081547

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