abstract background: pressure ulcer is one of the main concerns of nurses in medical centers around the world, which, if untreated, causes irreparable problems for patients. in recent years, nitric oxide (no) has been proposed as an effective method for wound healing. this study was conducted to determine the effect of nitric oxide on pressure ulcer healing. materials and methods: in this clini...

a systematic review was conducted covering the action of red laser, infrared and combination of both, with emphasis on cutaneous wound therapy, showing the different settings on parameters such as fluency, power, energy density, time of application, frequency mode and even the type of low-power lasers and their wavelengths. it was observed that in general, the lasers brings good clinical and hi...

a chronic wound is a wound that does not heal in an orderly set of stages and in a predictable amount of time or wounds that do not heal within three months are often considered chronic. chronic wounds often remain in the inflammatory stage for too long and may never heal or may take years. chronic wound patients often report pain as dominant in their lives. persistent pain is the main problem ...

background a combination of the oils of sesame, hemp, wild pistachio, and walnut has been used for treatment of skin disorders, including wound burns, in some parts of kerman, iran. evaluation of this remedy in the form of a pharmaceutical formulation in animal models can pave the way for its future application in wound burn healing in humans. conclusions a new therapeutic remedy was introduced...

to understand the traditional description of medicine as a practice of healing, it is necessary to examine its relationships with both science and ethics. the “scientific” component of medicine includes an acknowledgment of the influence of social, cultural and environmental factors on the functioning of the organism. the “ethical” component is often presented as merely supplementary but actual...

background different methods for dressing of donor site of skin graft in burn patients have similarly pain, limitation of mobility of donor site and local complications such as infection and scar. amniotic membrane has used for improvement of healing in some wounds. accordingly in this study amnion was used as biologic dressing for donor site of skin graft to evaluate it’s efficacy in improveme...

in order to study the effect of ultrasound (us) on bone healing, a complete transverse fracture was made in the right radius of adult male rabbits by a cutter. 52 rabbits were used: group i. control (n= 17): group 2. test (n:=: 15): group 3, intact (n= i) and group 4 (n= 12) who were examined only for evaluation of the cutter effects in detail. 7 animals were operated with a gigli saw. the test...

abstract : horizontal root fractures in permanent teeth are uncommon injuries among dental traumas. the principle of treating horizontal root fractures of permanent teeth is repositioning and fixation of fractured segment. diagnosis of tooth fractures based on radiographic findings and the fracture healing process are affected by factors before and after injury. the present case reports the tre...