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Effect of laser rays on wound healing

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Abstract

Low doses of laser were found to stimulate the regeneration not only of mechanically induced wounds but also of burns. The wound-healing stimulated by laser radiation involves an increased rate of epithelial growth, which may eventually be the starting point of neoplastic growth.

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    Of significance is the challenge of detecting the relationship of the exposure intensity and time duration in between subsequent treatments. Smaller doses with the appropriate period of time in between treatments has been viewed as more effective for treatment than are those that are administered closer in time together [166,186]. Based on these findings, Hawkins and Abrahamse [187] concluded that laser therapy displays a type of “cumulative” effect, that is, the dose from one treatment lasts for a certain duration and what effect “remains” of the dose acts in an additive manner to the next treatment, assuming that the next dose is not too large or given too soon.

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From the Department of Surgery No. 2, and Institute of Pathology No. 1, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.

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