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| Wound Healing Healthcare Challenges

WHY is wound healing a growing, common healthcare problem?

Cases of patients suffering from chronic cutaneous wounds are on the rise due to changing lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, vascular disease, and prolonged  pressure.
In the United States alone, chronic wounds affected about 4.5 million people by 2018.
In developed countries, it has been  estimated that 2%–5% of total healthcare expenditure goes to chronic wound care.

WHAT threats do chronic wounds pose in healthcare?

Disguised as comorbid conditions, chronic cutaneous wounds incur significant  medical, social, and financial costs, and pose enormous threats to patients, healthcare systems, and the worldwide economy.

| DEKA CO2 Debridement & Healing Advantages

DO wounds heal significantly better with CO2 laser treatment?

The time‐to‐heal for patients with CO2 laser treatment is significantly shorter, the absolute wound area is significantly smaller, with significantly lower relative wound area.

HOW does CO2 laser debridement significantly improve wound healing?

Studies have shown that fully ablative CO2 laser debridement controls local infection due to its physical bactericidal effects. It may also increase fibroblast proliferation and stimulate growth factors secretion.

HOW does CO2 laser debridement and wound healing perform against wound bed microbial infection?

CO2 laser treatment plays an important role in controlling local infection in the wound bed.
CO2 laser treatment reduces bacterial culturepositive rate more than routine debridement.
CO2 lasers also demonstrated a lower infection rate in treated patients compared to conventional surgery.

HOW do wounds heal significantly better with CO2 laser treatment?

Fully ablative CO2 laser debridement has shown several advantages over routine sharp surgical debridement.  It is superior at ameliorating wound status and reducing wound area, and it also significantly reduces the time‐to‐heal for chronic wounds, without causing any adverse events.

WHAT advantages do Co2 laser debridement treatments demonstrate?

Fully ablative CO2 laser debridement has shown several advantages over routine sharp surgical debridement.  It is superior at ameliorating wound status and reducing wound area, and it also significantly reduces the time‐to‐heal for chronic wounds, without causing any adverse events.

HOW does CO2 wound healing improve patient biochemical tissue repair for faster, better healing?

Ablative fractional CO2 laser treatment may create an increase in oxygen and circulation in wounds, and the laser energy might increase the growth factors and cytokines that facilitate the wound healing process. 
CO2 laser treatment stimulates the proliferation and migration of fibroblasts with significant increase in Type III collagen and improved collagen architecture which favors wound healing.

WHY do patients respond better to CO2 laser debridement and wound healing?

CO2 laser debridement leads to significant alleviated intraoperative discomfort compared to routine surgical debridement with a scalpel, scissors, or a curette.  Pain relief improves patient compliance, which allows physicians to perform more meticulous wound treatment.

WHY is CO2 laser debridement and wound healing superior for wound bed microbial infection the best treatment?

Due to the high temperatures the target tissues reach, CO2 laser allows for effective microbial destruction without the risk of drug resistance. This helps transform the chronic wound environment into an acute wound environment.

DOES CO2 laser debridement and wound healing treatment heal patients faster?

Yes, in studies, time‐to‐heal for patients in the CO2 laser group was significantly shorter than that of patients in the routine group. Of note, the CO2 laser was found more effective in female patients.

DOES CO2 laser debridement and wound healing treatment improve wound area sizes?

Yes, CO2 laser debridement patients demonstrate marked reduction in wound area.
At 3 and 4 weeks after treatment, the absolute wound area for the CO2 laser group is significantly smaller than that of the routine treatment.
Also, the CO2 laser group exhibits significantly lower relative area at 2, 3, and 4 weeks after treatment.

HOW does CO2 wound healing laser energy on tissue facilitate faster, better regeneration?

CO2 laser apparently promotes angiogenesis, a key role in healing. After wound tissues absorb the CO2 laser, the local laser temperature and energy decay with depth. Tissues on the wound surface carbonize or gasify due to higher energy.
Deeper tissues absorb the lower energy, evidently stimulating the secretion of the growth factors and cytokines that promote tissue regeneration.

ARE CO2 laser debridement and wound healing results consistent and is treatment safe?

Yes, consistent in studies, CO2 laser debridement is correlated with a shorter time‐to‐heal than routine debridement treatment. It is also correlated with superior wound status and causes no adverse events

WHAT does Co2 laser debridement do generally in wound healing?

Studies have shown that CO2 laser debridement can control local infection and promote the wound healing process.

| Common Treatment Disadvantages

WHY is traditional wound bed microbial infection treatment less safe and effective?

Microbial infection is a major barrier to wound healing, and chronic wounds are often colonized by pathogenic bacteria. This often leads to biofilms, which  contribute to wound chronicity.
It is difficult for routine surgical debridement to clear the bacterial biofilms without damaging normal tissues, and overuse of antibiotics has contributed to bacterial drug resistance.

IS CO2 laser debridement treatment faster than routine scalpel debridement?

Yes, in comparison studies, the routine group had significantly more debridement times than the CO2 laser group.

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