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. 2023 Jul 28:44:e20220274.
doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2023.20220274.en. eCollection 2023.

LED phototherapy in tissue repair of chronic wounds in people with diabetes: a systematic review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Valéria da Silva Baracho  1 , Natália Cristina da Silva  1 , Marco Fabrício Dias Peixoto  2 , Kinulpe Honorato Sampaio  3 , Cláudia Aparecida Fernandes Cordeiro  1 , Thabata Coaglio Lucas  4
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LED phototherapy in tissue repair of chronic wounds in people with diabetes: a systematic review

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Valéria da Silva Baracho et al. Rev Gaucha Enferm. .
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Abstract

Objective: To identify scientific evidence of LED photobiomodulation in the treatment and tissue repair of chronic wounds in people with Diabetes Mellitus, types I and II.

Method: Systematic review conducted from September/2021 to April/2022 in PubMed, LILACS, SCIELO, COHRANE, EMBASE and Web of Science. Randomized and observational clinical trials using LED in wound healing in diabetics, published between 2015 and 2022 were included. Data were descriptively analyzed with title/abstract screening, full text articles reading and definitive selection after meeting the predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Results: Fromthe total of 840 references, eight articles were selected, that evaluated the effectiveness of LED phototherapy in wounds of diabetic patients.

Conclusion: LED light proved to be beneficial in tissue repair, with increased production in collagen and fibroblasts, angiogenesis, reduction of inflammation and, consequently, a decrease in lesion size.

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