abstract background: pressure ulcers’ treatment imposes a considerable cost on health system and patients. electrical stimulation has already been introduced as an effective method for promoting wound healing. this study was conducted to determine the impact of interferential current (if) on healing of pressure ulcers (grade1 and 2). materials and methods: in this clinical trial, 23 patients (1...

introduction: different modalities have been used to achieve better results in wound healing among which are laser and pharmacological agents. to our knowledge, there is no investigation to compare phenytoin and laser together. in this study, we aimed to evaluate laser and phenytoin efficacy and compare their effect on wound healing. methods: we used 60 rats. the animals were divided into 4 gro...

surgical wound infections are usually encountered due to the endogenous rather than the exogenousinfective sources. the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a distant inoculated infective source on the contamination of surgical wounds. thirty white new zealand rabbits divided randomly into three control and three treatment equal groups. in treatment groups 24 hrs before surgica...

conclusions the crude hydroalcoholic extract of burdock root was found to cause better outcomes in the healing process, acute inflammation, and fibrosis on the 7th, 14th, and 21st day postoperatively. objectives in this experimental study, 36 male wistar rats each weighting approximately 200 - 220 g were studied in six groups, each with 6 animals for 21 days. hydroalcoholic extract of burdock r...

conclusions epo injection into the site of tibiofibular fractures may possibly accelerate healing. background erythropoietin (epo), in addition to its function as an erythropoiesis regulator has a regenerative activity on some nonhematopoietic tissues. animal studies have suggested a role for erythropoietin in bone healing. objectives the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of local epo...

sulfated polysaccharides have shown promising effects on wound healing processes along with many other biological activities. the sulfated polysaccharides extracted from two algae species habitats in persian gulf were studied in vivo for their effects on collagen formation and epidermal regeneration. the polysaccharides were purified from aqueous extracts of p. tetrastromatica and p. boergeseni...

background burns are still considered one of the most devastating conditions in emergency medicine affecting both genders and all age groups in developed and developing countries, resulting into physical and psychological scars and cause chronic disabilities. this study was performed to determine the healing effect of curcumin on burn wounds in rat. methods seventy female sprague-dawley 180-220...

wound healing has always been among important and crucial subjects in medicine. morphine dependency has also been a social and health problem in the middle east. this study was aimed to investigate the effects of morphine dependency on pro-inflammatory and fibroblast cell recruitment, as well as re-epithelialization and the revascularization processes involved in secondary intention wound heali...

background: this study was designed to investigate the efficacy of pentoxifylline (ptx) in the treatment of irradiated wounds. materials and methods: ten female pigs of the large white strain were used in these investigations. six skin fields, 4 * 4 cm and separated from each other by 4 cm, were marked out on each flank and those on left flank were irradiated with 18gy single dose of 250 kv x-r...

background persian oak (quercus brantii) belongs to the fagaceae family. it is a medicinal plant which is commonly used by the tribes in south western iran to treat inflammatory and gastric ulcers. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of persian oak ointment on dermal wound healing in rats. materials and methods for making full-thickness wounds in rats, the excisio...