The efficacy of laser therapy in wound repair: A meta-analysis of the literature

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-247

  Woodruff, Lynda D ^a   Bounkeo, Julie M ^a   Brannon, Windy M ^a   Dawes Jr , Kenneth S ^a   Barham, Cameron D ^a   Waddell, Donna L ^a   Enwemeka, Chukuka S ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; TISSUE;

HEALING; LASER THERAPY; THERAPEUTIC VALUE;

LASER SURGERY;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4243173779     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1549541041438623     Document Type: Review

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