Effect of pulsed Nd:YAG laser in the treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers in children with Spina Bifida: A randomized controlled study

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 565-570

  Ebid, Anwar Abdelgayed ^a   El Kafy, Ehab Mohame Abd ^b   Alayat, Mohamed Salaheldien Mohamed ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; LASER TREATMENT; PLACEBO GROUPS; POST TREATMENT; PRESSURE SORES; PULSED ND:YAG LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURFACE AREA;

DISEASES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULSED LASERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLID STATE LASER; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 84890341023     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2013.3533     Document Type: Article

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