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- Title
Laser therapy and topical drug treatment for onychomycosis in people with diabetes: A case-series study.
- Authors
Fuentes Pérez Júnior, Eugenio; Macedo Paula, Cléo; da Silva Pires, Ariane; Sant'Anna Nunes, Alessandra; de Azevedo Gonçalves, Francisco Gleidson; Assis Tavares, Kelly Fernanda
- Abstract
Objective: to describe the effects of low-level laser therapy and of topical drug treatment for onychomycosis in people with diabetes. Method: a qualitative study of the case-series type. The participants were 21 individuals with diabetes divided into two groups, the first treated with laser and the second with topical medication from October 2020 to August 2021. The data were collected in a clinical history and examination of the nail plates and organized in a database, whose analysis took place through descriptive statistics. Results: it was identified that 30% and 26% of the nail plates attained clinical cure in groups I and II, respectively. When assessing the satisfactory response, groupsI and II presented 63% and 53%, respectively. Conclusion: the onychomycosis treatment with laser therapy presented higher prevalence of satisfactory response and clinical cure than the topical drug treatment.
- Publication
Revista de Enfermagem da UFSM, 2023, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
2179-7692
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5902/2179769274448