Treatment by athermal laser of the diabetic leg

P. Ignat; S. Suteanu; Gabriela Brojbeanu; Virgil V. Vasiliu

doi:10.1117/12.203583

8 March 1995 Athermal laser treatment of the diabetic leg

P. Ignat, S. Suteanu, Gabriela Brojbeanu, Virgil V. Vasiliu

Proceedings Volume 2461, ROMOPTO '94: Fourth Conference in Optics; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203583
Event: ROMOPTO '94: 4th Conference on Optics, 1994, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

This work shows the result obtained in the medical clinic of the `Dr. I. Cantacuzino Hospital' on a lot of 43 diabetic patients using the `LASSIS' devices composed of a He-Ne laser and 4 semiconductor lasers. The 43 patients showed various clinic pictures of a diabetic leg (diabetic arteriopathy and neuropathy) 16 of the lot showed an arteriopathy with claudication and a decrease of pulses oscillometrically measurements, 15 had ulceration and a beginning of gangrene and the other 12 showed a plantary boring ill. There has been achieved an amelioration of the oscillometric index of the claudication while walking the amelioration of local circulation, together with the limitation of the necrosis. For the boring ill, there has been achieved the acceleration of the granulating and epithelization process avoiding surgeries, suppuration and cutaneous plasties. The response to the laser treatment was compared to the response to the classic treatment (vasodilatation surgery unstrapping, antibiotherapy) on a proving lot. We appreciated that the cicatrization and local vasodilatation with athermal laser treatment should be a hope for the treatment of patients suffering of diabetic arteriopathy and neuropathy.

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P. Ignat, S. Suteanu, Gabriela Brojbeanu, and Virgil V. Vasiliu "Athermal laser treatment of the diabetic leg", Proc. SPIE 2461, ROMOPTO '94: Fourth Conference in Optics, (8 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203583

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