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*Effect of aloe vera gel to healing of burn wound a clinical and histologic study.
Visuthikosol V, Chowchuen B, Sukwanarat Y, Sriurairatana S, Boonpucknavig V.
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
In a study of twenty-seven patients with partial thickness burn wound, they were treated with aloe vera gel compared with vaseline gauze. It revealed the aloe vera gel treated lesion healed faster than the vaseline gauze area. The average time of healing in the aloe gel area was 11.89 days and 18.19 days for the vaseline gauze treated wound. Statistical analysis by using t-test and the value of P < 0.002 was statistically significant. In histologic study, it showed early epithelialization in the treated aloe vera gel area. Only some minor adverse effects, such as discomfort and pain were encountered in the 27 cases. This study showed the effectiveness of aloe vera gel on a partial thickness burn wound, and it might be beneficial to do further trials on burn wounds*.
*Therapeutic effects of Aloe vera on cutaneous microcirculation and wound healing in second degree burn model in rats.
Somboonwong J, Thanamittramanee S, Jariyapongskul A, Patumraj S.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the microcirculatory and wound healing effects of Aloe vera on induced second degree burn wounds in rats… Besides, the healing area of the Aloe vera-treated wound was better than that of the untreated and NSS- treated groups during 7 and 14 days after burn. CONCLUSION: Aloe vera could exhibit the actions of both anti-inflammation and wound healing promotion when applied on a second degree burn wound.*
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*Beneficial effects of Aloe in wound healing
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
HEGGERS J. P. (1) ; PELLEY R. P. ; ROBSON M. C. ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) Univ. Texas medical branch, dep. surgery graduate school, Galveston TX 77550, ETATS-UNIS
Résumé / Abstract
The therapeutic effects of Aloe vera have been examined in preventing progressive dermal ischaemia caused by burns, frostbite, electrical injury, distal dying flap and intra-arterial drug abuse. In vivo analysis of these injuries showed that the mediator of progressive tissue damage was thromboxane A[2] (TxA[2]). Experimentally Aloe was compared to a variety of antithromboxane agents to include U38450, a lodoxamide, a lazaroid and Carrington wound gel. In the burn injury Aloe was comparable to the lodoxamide and lazaroid with an 82% to 85% tissue survival when compared with the control and the Carrington wound gel (p = 0.05). Tissue survival in the experimental frostbite injury was 28.2% when compared with the control (p = 0.05). Similar results were obtained for the electrical injury, and intra-arterial drug abuse*