12^th Global Dermatologists Congress

Biography

Biography: Mostafa Abohatab

Abstract

Healing is a complex cascade of cellular events that generates resurfacing, reconstitution, and restoration of the tensile strength of injured skin. Factors that contribute to non-healing chronic wounds are diabetes, venous or arterial disease, infection, and metabolic deficiencies of old age. The wound healing process is not only complex but also fragile. Wound care encourages and speeds wound healing via cleaning and protection from re-injury or infection. Adequate control of blood glucose levels plays a crucial role in diabetic healing wound. The Aim of this study was to demonstrate a new method for enhancement wound healing process, through extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves (ELF-EMW-ELF-EM) at 0.7 HZ. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: Patients will be screened for fulfillment of the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Medical history, physical examination, Local and systemic signs and symptoms of infection, wound (infected/ clean) description and vital signs were evaluated. Bacteriological assessment as a swab was collected from infected site(s) before and after each session, for culture and identification of the causative pathogen, without the patient received antibiotic regimen. Patient was exposed to one session every other day till complete eradication of causative pathogen of the infection. Findings: in infected wound, the bacteriological cultures revealed no growth for microorganisms by the end of sessions, and then healing process monitoring was measured as well as in a clean wound.   Conclusions: the resonance frequency of ELF-EM waves that inhibit bacterial growth will be promising method for the wound healing process. Significance of the study: This new non-invasive technique for treatment of bacterial infections and wound healing is of considerable interest for the use in medical and chronic non-healing wounds.