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Millimeter wave therapy for abdominal incision wound: A clinical study
- Source :
- Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 43-48 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, 2014.
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Abstract
- Background: This case-control study, conducted in 2012, was performed to determine if MMWT, a non invasive therapeutic treatment modality, could reduce postoperative pain and infection in patients who had abdominal sections. Methods: The study group (30 patients) incision sites were exposed to MMWT within 24 hour of cesarean and the control group (90 patients) was not exposed to MMWT. Millimeter wave apparatus with intensity of 38 GHz and power flux output density of 40 mW/cm 2 was used for subjecting the cesarean incision site to MMWT. The first exposure to MMWT was done for 30 minutes within 24 hour of cesarean section. In total, they were exposed for 30 minutes daily for 3 days. Wound healing was assessed every day. Results: Pain intensity score in the exposure group reduced significantly compared to the control group. The mean pain intensity score of the study group on the 3rd postoperative day was 3.3±1.8 (95% CI 2.6-3.9) compared to 4.2±1.6 (95% CI 3.8-4.5) of the control group (P< 0.01). Pain reduction rate on day 3 was significantly higher than day 1 in the study group compared to the control group (P = 0.0024). Routine white blood cell (WBC) count was significantly lower in the MMWT treated patients (11.3±1.8×10 9 ; 95% CI 10.6-12) compared to the control group (12.3±2.9×10 9 ; 95% CI 11.7-12.9)(P
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
cesarean section
business.industry
Therapeutic treatment
lcsh:R
lcsh:Medicine
pain relief
Intensity (physics)
Surgery
Clinical study
Abdominal incision
medicine.anatomical_structure
Incision Site
Anesthesia
White blood cell
medicine
wound infection
In patient
Power flux
millimeter wave therapy
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20910576 and 24679100
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5600da67ba3c96b46261a51ade21b555