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. 2014 Dec 31:3:259.
doi: 10.4103/2277-9175.148231. eCollection 2014.

Comparison the efficacy of ablative CO2 laser and fractional CO2 laser on the healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis scars

Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh  1 , Shahriar Minaravesh  2 , Fariba Jaffary  1 , Amir Hossein Siadat  3 , Elaheh Haftbaradaran  3
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Comparison the efficacy of ablative CO2 laser and fractional CO2 laser on the healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis scars

Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh et al. Adv Biomed Res. .

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study is to compare ablative CO2 laser with fractional CO2 laser on healing of the wound and the size of cutaneous leishmaniasis scars.

Materials and methods: This prospective randomized clinical trial study was done on 120 patients in two groups evaluated in Sedigheh Tahereh Hospital in Isfahan. The patients in case group underwent one session ablative CO2 laser for treatment of leishmaniasis scars and the patients in control group underwent six 3-weeks interval sessions fractional CO2 laser for treatment of leishmaniasis scars. All cases were evaluated from size and other aspects of scar by a questionnaire, and before and 6 months after photos were evaluated by blinded dermatologist. The data collected in the check list was then analyzed by t-test and Chi-square with SPSS 20.

Results: There were 60 people in case group and 60 in control group. The mean age was 27.21 ± 11.2. Our results show that fractional CO2 laser is better than ablative CO2 laser in various aspect of treatment of leishmaniasis scars (P < 0.05).

Conclusions: Fractional CO2 laser is better than ablative CO2 laser in variants aspect of treatment of leishmaniasis scars.

Keywords: CO2 ablative laser; fractional CO2 laser; leishmaniasis scars; treatment.

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