PARAMETERS AND PROTOCOLS OF LASERTHERAPY USED IN THE TREATMENT OF DIABETIC WOUNDS

• Autor(a) principal: Blascovich, Hellyangela Bertalha
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Nogueira, Adriana Gomes, Jesus Costa, Ana Cristina P. de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme
• Texto Completo: https://revistaenfermagematual.com/index.php/revista/article/view/1321
• topic: Terapia com Luz de Baixa Intensidade;; Cicatrização; Ferimentos e Lesões; Complicações do diabetes; Low Intensity Light Therapy; Healing; Wounds and Injuries; Complications of Diabetes; Terapia de luz de baja intensidad; Curación; Heridas y Lesiones; Complicaciones de la Diabetes

The objective of this review is to present the parameters and protocols of laser therapy used in the treatment of diabetic wounds. This is a narrative review of the literature on the parameters and protocols of laser therapy used in the treatment of diabetic wounds. The search was performed on Google Scholar, and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online/US National Library of Medic (MEDLINE/PUBMED). The following specific descriptors and their acronyms were used as a search strategy for each database, according to the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Health Science Descriptors (DeCs): Low-Intensity Light Therapy (Low- Level Light Therapy); Healing; Wound Healing; Wounds and Injuries; Diabetes Complications. Eighty studies/materials on the subject were identified, and after applying the criteria and inclusion and exclusion, seven studies were inserted, where 3 of these are clinical trials, 1 case series, 1 experimental study and 1 literature reviews. Studies have pointed to significant effects in diabetic wounds using lasers with a wavelength below 700nm, visible red light, with a power density of 30mW, and a frequency between 2 to 3 times a week, with at least ten interventions. The use of laser proved to be beneficial in chronic lesions and superior to the light-emitting diode (LED) and conventional therapies alone.