Investigation of the “Surgical Cuts CO2 Laser Therapy Technique” to Treat Minor Burn Scar Contractures in Children

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI:10.3390/ebj4030027

J. Zuccaro, Lisa Lazzarotto, Jamil Lati, Charis Kelly, J. Fish

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Abstract

Fractional carbon dioxide (CO2) laser therapy has been shown to improve scar contractures following burns. However, the benefits of using other CO2 laser techniques to treat burn scar contractures are relatively unknown. This pilot study investigated a CO2 laser technique in which a series of perpendicular “surgical cuts” were created along the contracture. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using the “surgical cuts CO2 laser technique” in pediatric patients. This study included 12 participants with minor hand burn scar contractures that received one CO2 laser treatment using the surgical cuts technique. Trained assessors measured contractures pre- and post-laser therapy by assessing range of motion (ROM), digit length, and/or hand-span. All contractures were secondary to contact burns with the mean participant age equal to 5.5 years (SD 3.9). For all participants, at least one of the measured characteristics (ROM, hand-span, and digit length) improved after treatment. This pilot study demonstrated the benefit of using the surgical cuts CO2 laser technique to treat minor burn scar contractures. Future investigations are needed to further evaluate its effectiveness in comparison to the fractional CO2 laser therapy technique.

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“外科切口CO2激光治疗技术”治疗儿童轻度烧伤瘢痕挛缩的研究

分数二氧化碳(CO2)激光治疗已被证明可以改善烧伤后的瘢痕挛缩。然而，使用其他CO2激光技术治疗烧伤瘢痕挛缩的好处是相对未知的。这项初步研究研究了一种二氧化碳激光技术，在该技术中，沿着挛缩处创建了一系列垂直的“手术切口”。本研究的目的是评估在儿科患者中使用“外科切口CO2激光技术”的有效性。本研究包括12名手部轻度烧伤瘢痕挛缩的参与者，他们使用外科切割技术接受一次CO2激光治疗。训练有素的评估人员通过评估活动范围(ROM)、手指长度和/或手的跨度来测量激光治疗前后的挛缩。所有挛缩均继发于接触性烧伤，参与者平均年龄为5.5岁(SD 3.9)。对于所有参与者，治疗后至少有一项测量特征(ROM，手跨度和手指长度)得到改善。这项初步研究证明了使用外科切口CO2激光技术治疗轻微烧伤瘢痕挛缩的好处。未来的研究需要进一步评估其与分数CO2激光治疗技术的有效性。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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