Open AccessLOCAL LOW INTENSIVE LASER IRRADIATION FOR TREATMENT OF TROPHIC COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES
Author(s) -
В. В. Ступак,
Eleikolayevna Rodyukova
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
hirurgiâ pozvonočnika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2313-1497
pISSN - 1810-8997
DOI - 10.14531/ss2005.2.34-40
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , trophic level , anesthesia , surgery , biology , psychiatry , ecology
Objective. The efficacy of low intensive laser irradiation in the treatment of decubitus and slowly granulating wounds is studied in comparison with conventional methods. Materials and Methods. Eighty two patients with trophic ulcers after spinal cord injury were conservatively treated by routine methods (35 patients) and by local laser irradiation (47 patients). The efficacy of local laser therapy was assessed basing on clinical course of healing of decubitus and slowly granulating wound, and daily epithelization rate and percentage in experimental and control groups. Results. The ulcer epithelization rate in all patients who underwent a local laser irradiation was reliably higher than in control patients. This study underlied the development of effective technique for decubitus sanation providing the increase in epithelization rate and improvement of ulcer healing.