Author/Editor		Cukjati, David; Šavrin, Rajmond; Benko, Helika; Reberšek, Stanislav; Miklavčič, Damijan
Title		Accelerated healing of electrically stimulated chronic wounds
Type		članek
Source		In: Jarm T, Kotnik T, Miklavčič D, editors. Proceedings including program of the 3rd international conference on bioelectromagnetism and 1st Slovenian-Croatian meeting on biomedical engineering in connection with COST 244bis 11th workshop on biomedical applications of electromagnetic fields and management commitee meeting; 2000 oct 8-12; Bled. Ljubljana: Faculty of electrical engineering,
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 189-90
Language		eng
Abstract		The aim of our study was to compare healing rates of four treatment modalities for chronic wound healing. A measure of wound healing rate was defined as an advance of wound margin towards wound centre. It was found that the wound healing rate could accurately be predicted after at least four weeks of wound area followup. Analysis of the data collected up to now strongly supports our former findings that biphasic current stimulation contributes to faster healing of chronic wounds. We noticed slightly slower healing of wounds treated with direct current than wounds treated with biphasic current, but both electrical treatment modalities are much more effective than conventional or sham treatment. Results show that the type of treatment is an important prognostic factor of the wound healing rate.
Descriptors		DECUBITUS ULCER ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY WOUND HEALING CHRONIC DISEASE