Clinical and radiological assessment of the effect of low level laser therapy on delayed bone fractures healing

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series 2020-02, Vol.1472 (1), p.12002
• Main Authors: Al Balah, Osama, Allam, Ahmad, Aid, Ghada, Tabl, Eslam, Abdelfatah, Alaaeldin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bone healing; Delayed union; Fracture; Fractures; Healing; Lasers; Low level; Low level laser; non-union; Physics; Semiconductor lasers; Therapy
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1472/1/012002

Low level laser has been conducted for treatment of bone fracture on animal and had shown positive results. If laser energy is delivered at optimal dose with appropriate parameters, it might get best results however a little research in the literature has conducted on the effect of low level laser on human bone fracture. The aim of the study was to assess the radiological and clinical difference of the effect of low level laser therapy on the delayed bone healing of patients with different bone fractures. This was a prospective study conducted in Benha university hospital on 33 patients with delayed and non-union of bone fractures via low level laser diode laser with a wavelength 905nm. There were 27 male 5 female patients, mean age group ±34.43 range (24 years to 67 years), the mean delayed of union was ± 6,68 range (3 months to 15 months ). At the end of the study, union is achieved in mean period±1,7( 1 month to 4,1 month)which led to success of about 70% improvement of the treated group, union mean number of sessions used ±23,375 (range 15 sessions to 50 sessions), Mean Visual Analog Scale (VAS) ± 1,3 range from (0 to 6). the present study indicate that Low level laser therapy is an effective modality for treatment of delayed bone fracture, can relieve pain and increase range of motion of the associated stiff joints with no adverse effect provided that adequate patient selection has conducted.