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Photobiomodulation in Burn Wounds: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical and Preclinical Studies

Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine, and Laser Surgery, ISSN: 2578-5478, Vol: 43, Issue: 1, Page: 8-23
2025
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Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis main goal was to evaluate the efficacy of photobiomodulation as burn wounds treatment. Methods: Systematic review of literature available in databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), and The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and gray literature in Google Scholar, Livivi, and Open Gray. SYRCLE’s RoB tool was applied to determine methodological quality and risk of bias, and meta-analysis was performed using the software Review Manager. Results: Fifty-one studies, gathering more than three thousand animals were included in this systematic review, and four studies were selected to the meta-analysis due to their suitability. The results indicated that photobiomodulation was not effective to improve, statistical significantly, wound retraction (SMD = −0.22; 95% CI = −4.19, 3.75; p = 0.91; I = 92%) or collagen deposition (SMD = −0.02; 95% CI = −2.17, 2.13; p = 0.99; I = 78%). Conclusion: This meta-analysis suggests that photobiomodulation, applied in burn wounds, accordingly to the protocols presented by the selected studies, was not effective over analyzed outcomes. However, this conclusion could be further discussed and verified in more homogeneous animal models and human clinical trials.

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Pradal, Lilian de Araujo; de Freitas, Edicleia; Azevedo, Marcia Rosangela Buzanello; Costa, Rosemeire; Bertolini, Gladson Ricardo Flor

Mary Ann Liebert Inc

Engineering; Medicine

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