Low Level Laser Therapy for Better Wound Healing

St. Elisabethen Krankenhaus Frankfurt GmbH

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Surgical Scar Tissue of Cesarean Section or Vaginal Tear or Episiotomy

Treatments: Device: "Fake" low-level laser therapy; Device: Low-level laser therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06220786

FLaser

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prospective randomized double blind study. Intervention 1: Low-level laser therapy ca. 72 Joules vs. Intervention 2: No Low-level laser therapy.

Outcome: Pain score & would healing at discharge, 1 months & 3 months

Full description

After surgical suture application of low level laser therapy of ca. 72 Joules / cm2.

Evaluation at discharge, after 1 months & 3 months.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Caesarean section or perineal tear grade 1-4 or episiotomy
• competent in German language

Exclusion criteria

• no caesarean section or birth without perineal tear grad 1-4 / episiotomy
• No consent given

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Low-level laser therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Laser pen with low-level laser therapy.

Treatment:

Device: Low-level laser therapy

Sham no low-level laser therapy

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Identical laser pen without the low-level laser production.

Treatment:

Device: "Fake" low-level laser therapy