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| Title |
The effects of photobiomodulation therapy on Staphylococcus aureus infected surgical wounds in diabetic rats. A microbiological, histopathological, and biomechanical study1
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| Published in |
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-865020160080000001 |
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| Authors |
Reza Ranjbar, Mohammad Ashrafzadeh Takhtfooladi |
| Abstract |
To evaluate the effects of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) at 685 nm on diabetic wound healing in rats suffering from bacterial infection induced by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Thirty streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were allocated into two groups: control and PBMT. A 4-cm full-thickness linear-incision was made on the dorsal midline and was contaminated with S. aureus. The wounds in the PBMT group were irradiated daily for 5 consecutive days, starting 3 days after the induction and always in the mornings. The result revealed that PBMT resulted in a significant decrease in S. aureus CFU in the PBMT group in comparison to the control group (P<0.05). The length of wounds, in the 2nd and 3rd weeks, in the PBMT group were significantly shorter compared to the control group (P<0.05). PBMT caused a significant increase in the histological parameters in comparison to the control group (P<0.05). Moreover, PBMT significantly increased the breaking strength of the surgical scars produced in the skin of the PBMT group when compared to the control group (P<0.05). Photobiomodulation therapy may be useful in the management of wound infection through a significant bacterial growth inhibition and an acceleration of wound healing process. |
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| United States | 1 | 100% |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 42 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 10% |
| Researcher | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 12% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 33% |