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With the number of burn patients in burn units across the nation, doctors are looking for alternate ways of treatment for cases of burn scars. Doctors have noted that instances of burn scars are hard to treat due to the fact that they take longer to heal. There are two reasons that these healing processes are compromised. These reasons are as follows. First, these scars have been scientifically proven to induce hypertrophy. Second of all, it has been reported that patients with burn scars had higher contractures as well. Both of these add to the amount of time it takes for burn scar patients' healing time.
Doctors have been looking for new techniques since the era of the development of modern technology. Therefore, a new technique has been in question with doctors regarding the use of lasers when it comes to the wound healing accompanied with burn scars. This technique uses a laser to work at healing the burn scar. It is called Low Level Laser Therapy or otherwise known as LLLT which we will refer to it this way throughout this article. While doctors aren't so sure about the effects or the positives of using such techniques, patients that have used this procedure ultimately swear by it.
In order to conclude if this technique was actually helping to alleviate burn scars or if the claims of these patients were that of a psychological nature, a study was done involving nineteen patients; all of whom suffered some degree of burn scars. The degrees of the burns were not reported to be the same. A 400mW670nm Softlaser was used on the patients at least twice a week in a controlled and defined area that was not surrounded by rays. This treatment lasted for a total of eight weeks.
There were two things being measured. The first measurement that scientists recorded was the Vancouver Scar Scales or otherwise known as VSS which gave researchers a macroscopic evaluation. The second measurement recorded were the Visual Analogue Scale shortened to VAS. The VAS measured the level of pain involved during the procedure. Along with the above two techniques, researchers also used photographic and clinical assessments to study the effectiveness of LLLT on patients.
Out of the nineteen patients that were studies, researchers saw that seventeen patients had exhibited at least some positive results from the treatment. In most instances, the VAS at the beginning of the study decreased within time on each patient. Though, researchers noted on a positive note that no negative effects were associated with this technique. Researchers also concluded that there was no proof of a correlation between the patients' scars duration and the improvement of the burn scar by the use of the LLT technique. In conclusion then, this study showed that overall, the 400mW670nm softlaser does produce a positive outcome when used in healing burn scars. However, the effectiveness of this laser is limited to the macroscopic appearance, pruritus, and pain of a patient's burn scar. Keeping that in mind, doctors using such treatments will have to evaluate each patient based on the above three factors before suggesting such technique in addition to other health conditions that he or she might have.
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