Beta
268779

Long pulsed Nd:YAG 1064-nm laser in treatment of onychomycosis

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Onychomycosis is a common nail disease, especially in older patients. Various treatment options are currently available for onychomycosis; however, their limitations include high failure rates, time-consuming nature, high cost, and high risk of drug interactions. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of onychomycosis treatment with a long-pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser. Patients and Methods: ten patients were assessed. The study involved treatment with a long-pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser in two sessions at 4-week intervals. Fungal culture at two media sabourauds dextrose agar with cycloheximide and without cycloheximide and microscopic examination were performed at the start and then a one-month after the second session. Results: Of all ten patients after two sessions, the mycological test results were negative in eight (80%). The result showed that the mean improvement percentage was 60.50 %. Side effects were mild and limited to mild pain and slowing of the growth of nails after the laser procedure. Conclusions: Long-pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser therapy is safe and effective for treating onychomycosis.

DOI

10.21608/bmfj.2022.165235.1678

Keywords

Onychomycosis, Long-pulsed laser, Fungal culture

Authors

First Name

Shymaa

Last Name

rezk

MiddleName

Mostafa

Affiliation

Lecturer of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Faculty of Medicine - Benha University, Egypt

Email

shimaa.rezk@fmed.bu.edu.eg

City

Banha

Orcid

-

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

ElRefaai

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Dermatology,Medicine, Benha,Queisna, Egypt

Email

basant.moaz@hotmail.com

City

Queisna

Orcid

-

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Elghabaty

MiddleName

Abdalrasoul

Affiliation

dermatology,medicine,Banha university, Banha,Egypt

Email

ayaelgabaty070@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hasnaa

Last Name

Abdel Hamid

MiddleName

S

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

Email

ahmed_sayedb@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Rehab

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Faculty of Medicine - Benha University, Egypt

Email

rehabsalem122@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

39

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

37588

Issue Date

2022-11-01

Receive Date

2022-09-29

Publish Date

2022-11-01

Page Start

933

Page End

940

Print ISSN

1110-208X

Online ISSN

2357-0016

Link

https://bmfj.journals.ekb.eg/article_268779.html

Detail API

https://bmfj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=268779

Order

16

Type

Original Article

Type Code

787

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Benha Medical Journal

Publication Link

https://bmfj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023