scholarly journals Acardiac twin: a systematic review of minimally invasive treatment modalities

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Y. T. Tan ◽  
W. Sepulveda
2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 358-366
Author(s):  
Yiğit Akın ◽  
Matthew Young ◽  
Muhammad Elmussareh ◽  
Nickolaus Charalampogiannis ◽  
Ali Serdar Gözen

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Conti ◽  
Güliz Acker ◽  
Anne Kluge ◽  
Franziska Loebel ◽  
Anita Kreimeier ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Li ◽  
Fabio Nicoli ◽  
Chunxiao Cui ◽  
Wen Jing Xi ◽  
Ahmed Al-Mousawi ◽  
...  

AbstractHypertrophic and keloid scars result from abnormal wound healing and can have a variable response to a number of available treatment modalities. The evolution of laser treatments in recent years has shown a wide range of clinical applications including their use in the treatment of scars. We investigated the effectiveness of a 1470 nm diode laser using an intralesional optical fibre delivery device in the treatment of hypertrophic and keloid scars. We evaluated its safety and efficacy as a novel and minimally invasive treatment alternative for scar modulation and volume reduction. A prospective cohort study was performed involving 21 patients with hypertrophic scars (HS) (n = 9) and keloids (n = 12) resulting from various aetiology. Patients were treated with one to three treatment sessions. Comprehensive evaluations were performed using the Vancouver Scar Scale, Doppler ultrasound, Cutometer, Mexameter and PeriCam PSI. Scar thickness was reduced by an average of 0.308 ± 0.138 cm (p < 0.001). In particular the two subgroups showed a significant 27.7% and 28.2% reduction in scar thickness of HS and Keloids, respectively. Scar firmness showed a significant improvement of 1.2% (p < 0.05) for HS, though for keloids this was 0.4% (p = 0.26). Keloids had a significant reduction in pigmentation at 21.3%. Blood perfusion had a significant reduction of 29.6% in HS and 22.7% in Keloids. Overall VSS total score improvement of 42% in the HS and at 37.9% in the Keloid subgroup. No adverse events such as hypo/hyperpigmentation, skin infection, or recurrence were reported. This study shows that the intralesional 1470 nm bare-fibre diode laser significantly improved hypertrophic and keloid scars based on both subjective and objective analyses and supports this type of laser therapy as a safe and effective minimally-invasive treatment option.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 304-306
Author(s):  
Mansimranjit Kaur Uppal

Now a day’s treatment modalities regarding dental caries have been changed with aim at maximum conservation of tooth structure and it’s an ethical duty of a dentist to provide their patients with minimally invasive treatment. Remineralization therapy is preferred in cases, where there is a chance of gaining success by preventive methods. Many novel caries preventive materials are now available in the market which contains components that have the ability to initiate remineralization.


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