Photo-biomodulation as a prevention modality of oral mucositis in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
The aim of the study was to observe the eectiveness of a photo-biomodulation (PBM)
protocol for the prevention of oral mucositis (OM) in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation (aHSCT). A case-control study was conducted on 40 patients undergoing
aHSCT. The patients were divided into two groups; the preventive group (PG) included 20 patients
(7 females and 13 males) who were subjected to intra-oral PBM for five sessions a week, starting one