WOUND HEALING

This study tested if adding an antibiotic called rifampicin to a standard iodine antiseptic wash could improve results for people getting hair transplants. Sixty-five patients were randomly assigned to receive either the new two-part wash or the standard wash alone before their p…

This study tested whether a special dressing made from a child's own blood (called platelet-rich plasma or PRP) helps heel pad injuries from motorcycle wheel spokes heal better than a standard saline dressing. It involved 60 children in Pakistan, aged 5 to 12, with these specific…

This small, completed pilot study tested a specific combination of two wound dressings, Endoform and Symphony, to see if they could help close chronic foot ulcers in people with diabetes. The 44 participants had their wounds treated weekly for up to 12 weeks. The main goal was to…

This study observed 35 people with diabetes who had serious foot ulcers and were at risk of amputation. Researchers tracked whether taking specific daily dietary supplements helped their wounds fully heal and prevented the need for foot or leg amputation. The study monitored pati…

This study tested if a treatment made from a patient's own blood (injectable platelet-rich fibrin, or i-PRF) helps mouth wounds heal better after wisdom tooth surgery. Researchers compared the healing on two sides of the same patient's mouth: one side got the i-PRF treatment, and…

This study tested whether applying a gauze dressing soaked with heparin, a common medication, could help prevent thick, raised scars and reduce pain at the site where skin is taken for grafts. In 400 patients, researchers compared a standard dressing on one skin donor site to a h…

This study tested whether shining a low-power, painless laser on a child's gums after a baby tooth is pulled could help the wound heal faster and reduce pain. Researchers compared results in 18 children who had a laser used on one side of their mouth but not the other after two b…

This study tested two special materials to see if they could help the roof of the mouth heal better after a piece of tissue was taken for gum graft surgery. Thirty-eight healthy adults were split into three groups: one received a concentrated growth factor from their own blood, a…

This study tested two materials, chitosan and i-PRF, to see if they help the roof of the mouth heal better and hurt less after a gum graft is taken from there. It involved 68 patients who needed this type of dental surgery. Researchers compared the new materials to the standard t…

This study tested whether shining a special low-level laser on the roof of the mouth could help after gum graft surgery. Thirty-six healthy adults who had the surgery were randomly assigned to get the laser treatment right after surgery or just the standard care. Researchers then…

This study tested two methods to help patients heal faster and feel less pain after gum graft surgery. Researchers compared a medical-grade glue (cyanoacrylate) to a patient's own concentrated growth factors (CGF) applied to the roof-of-the-mouth donor site. The goal was to see w…

This study tested whether a gel containing a protein called GM-CSF helps skin heal better after laser treatment for acne scars. In 30 participants, one side of the face received the laser treatment plus the gel, while the other side received just the laser. Researchers measured r…

This study looked at whether a person's magnesium level, calculated using a simple score, affects how well the socket heals after a wisdom tooth is surgically removed. Researchers observed 111 healthy adults who had their lower wisdom teeth extracted, tracking their healing progr…

This study aimed to understand why some leg wounds don't heal by collecting and analyzing the fluid that seeps from them. Researchers followed 13 patients with chronic venous leg ulcers over four weeks, collecting wound fluid samples and measuring wound size. The goal was to lear…