Monochromatic phototherapy...for grade II chronic pressure ulcers in elderly patients

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Aging Clin Exp Res. 2007 Dec;19(6):478-83.

Monochromatic phototherapy: effective treatment for grade II

chronic pressure ulcers in elderly patients.

Dehlin O, Elmståhl S, Gottrup F.

Department of Community Medicine, Malmö University Hospital, 20502

Malmö, Sweden. ove.dehlin@....

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Monochromatic pulsating light may have effects

on wound healing. In an earlier study of grade II ulcers, there was a

tendency toward better healing in the phototherapy group (p=0.06). The

present study on patients with grade II ulcers was performed to verify

these findings. Data from this study were pooled with data from the

earlier study. METHODS: Ninety-four patients were offered participation

in the new study and 76 patients were evaluated. They were pooled with

87 patients from the earlier study, bringing the total to 163. All

patients were treated with monochromatic pulsating light or placebo over

the ulcerated area, according to a specified program up to 12 weeks.

RESULTS: The mean normalized reduction in pressure ulcer size at week 12

was 0.79 for the phototherapy group and 0.50 for the placebo group (95%

confidence interval 0.01-0.53; p=0.039). No serious side-effects were

noted. CONCLUSIONS: Monochromatic pulsating light accelerates healing in

grade II pressure ulcers in elderly patients.

PMID: 18172370 [PubMed - in process]

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