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The aim of the current study was to study the effect of diode laser in the treatment of chemotherapy induced mucositis in young patients suffering from leukemia
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Laser irradiation (Test group) | Experimental | laser irradiation over lesion |
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| Conventional treatment (Control group | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Simpler diode laser | Device | Non-contacting irradiation for 30 seconds on three intraoral sites repeated four times |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Self-reported pain level | Participants were asked to report the degree of pain. This was assessed using the visual analogue scale (VAS) which ranges from zero (lowest score) to 10 (highest score). Higher scores indicate higher pain level. | up to 2 weeks |
| Oral mucositis lesion size | This was assessed using the World Health Organization oral mucositis lesion score Grade 0: no oral mucositis. Grade1: Presence of soreness and erythema. Grade 2: Presence of painful erythema and ulcerations that do not affect the patient solid food intake. Grade3: Confluent ulceration that affect the solid food intake and require liquid diet. Grade 4: The patient requires parenteral nutrition. | up to 2 weeks |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University | Alexandria | 21527 | Egypt |
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| ID | Term |
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| D052016 | Mucositis |
| ID | Term |
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| D005759 | Gastroenteritis |
| D005767 | Gastrointestinal Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
| D009059 | Mouth Diseases |
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| Conventional symptomatic treatment | Drug | Conventional treatment using oracure, BBC spray, miconaz three times daily |
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| D009057 |
| Stomatognathic Diseases |