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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2026

The Effectiveness of Photobiomodulation Therapy on Perineal Pain and Wound Healing After Episiotomy-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Mohamed Salaheldien Alayat, Roaa A Sroge, Fahda M Alshiakh, Ehab Mohamed Abd El-Kafy, Ammar Fadil, Abdulaziz Awali, Moayad S Subahi, Abdulqader Abdulrazaq Almutairi

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Mohamed Salaheldien AlayatMedical Rehabilitation Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1039-7550
Roaa A SrogeMedical Rehabilitation Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1495-7631
Fahda M AlshiakhMedical Rehabilitation Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0003-4828-4030
Ehab Mohamed Abd El-KafyMedical Rehabilitation Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Ammar FadilMedical Rehabilitation Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2046-8044
Abdulaziz AwaliMedical Rehabilitation Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6258-8012
Moayad S SubahiMedical Rehabilitation Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1551-0957
Abdulqader Abdulrazaq AlmutairiPhysiotherapy Department, Taif Armed Forces Hospitals, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2664-8377

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

episiotomylow-level laser therapyperineal painphotobiomodulation therapysystematic review and meta-analysiswound healing

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PMID41682644
PMCPMC12897679

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