چكيده لاتين :
Pressure ulcers result from imm obil ity and continuous pressure
on an area of body. Besides imposing furth er restriction
of movements and thus creating a vi cious circle in the healing
process, these ulcers are of signifi cant importance in decreasing
the life quality and increa sing the costs of treatment in
these patients. In thi s study we compared the outcome of
treatment of pressure ulcers with GA-AL- A S (Gallium- Aluminium
-Arsenide) & Gal-AL-In-Ph (Gallium- A luminiumIndium
- Phosphate) - diode lasers, on contact, continuous
emission mode at an every oth er day dose of 4-6 J/cm2 for 3
weeks plus conventional treatments of pressure ulcers, with
that of convention al treatment alone in two groups of veterans
with spinal cord paralysi s who reside in Tehran. T he study
was a triple blind clinical trial conducted among 16 veterans
who were randomly divided into case and control groups.
The diameter of the ulcer s was measured and staged by
one person who was unaware of the subj ectsי allocation. Digital
photographs of the ulcers were initially taken and a combination
of conventional treatment (wet dressing, irrigation) with Low
Level Laser and conventional treatment alone was perform ed
for the case and control groups respectively. After 3 weeks the
subj ects were evaluated again and photographed with the same
method. The results demonstrated a statisticall y signifi cant enhancement
of the healing process by combination of Low Level
Laser with conventional treatments of pressure ulcers.
