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Vol. 74, No. 9, September 1994, p. 825
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Ethne L Nussbaum, Irene Biemann and Betsy Mustard

This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract.

We appreciate the encouragement to carry out investigations with a larger sample in order to establish definitive conclusions about the efficacy of ultrasound/ultraviolet-C. A larger study will allow us to further examine the effect of other factors such as ulcer location and chronicity. The suggestion of including an electrical stimulation protocol is also a good one.

We agree that there are many issues to be resolved regarding the use of laser irradiation for wound healing; one issue is treatment frequency. There are certainly studies on cell lines and whole animal studies that have used a treatment frequency of five times per week. Baxter1 notes that there continues to be uncertainty with regard to treatment of human wounds with laser irradiation. He refers to one report of treatment of a subject with daily irradiation that led to healing of a 15-year ulcer problem after 2 months of therapy.


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