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- Title
Effect of Mummy on pain and wound healing of midian sternotomy in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
- Authors
Teshnizi, Mohammad Abbasi; Rezayat, Arash Akhavan; Zojaji, Seyed Abbas; Zirak, Nahid; Javadi, Behjat; Nami, Saeed Reza; Eshaghi Ghalibaf, Mohammad Hosein
- Abstract
Median sternotomy is the most common procedure in child and adult cardiac surgery so, 75000 sternotomy is operating in America. Despite that patients receive antibiotic prophylaxis, sternal wound infections are the most serious and most important complications of open-heart surgery. 1% to 2% of patients who undergo sternostomy are suffering from this condition. Other surgical complications of open-heart surgery can be named sternal dehiscence and mediastinitis can increase risk of morbidity and mortality. Sternal dehiscence usually occurred in patients with osteoporosis, age>75 or morbid obesity and with renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus and sternal wound infection. Healing of sternum is a complex process so the process of bone fracture healing and the chemical factors that involve are not fully known. Consequently, finding methods to reduce the effects of openheart surgery is necessary. Traditional medicine with a long history can provide effective treatment of various diseases. Considering the properties of traditional medicine such as low adverse effects, public confidence and availability, World Health Organization has suggested the use of medicinal plants. Medical plants play an important role in folk medicine so todays use of herbal medicine increase substantially. Mummy, Mumnaye or Shilajit is a blackish brown exudate found in cracks and fractures of mountains. This herbomineral drug is resulting from oxidizing oil and traditionally has been used in treatment of various diseases. Many studies have indicated diverse therapeutic effects of Mummy. stimulates the immune system, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities also improve symptoms of stomach disorders, inflammation of joints, nervous and cardiovascular issues, and strains of muscles and tendons and urinary tract infections are the part of the benefits of this herbal drug. But what is important in the study is its role of Mummy in wound healing and improvement of bone fracture in open-heart surgery. In traditional medicine, Mummy utilize in reduction of pain and improve of bone fracture so todays research confirm positive effects of Mummy in clinical trial and in-vivo system. Also studies showed no side effect or complication of Mummy and as a result use of Mummy is safe. Mummy not only reduce time of healing but also decrease risk of infection in medial sternotomy. Finally, it seems Mummy as a herbal medicine can decrease complication of sternotomy due to improve of wound healing, reduce pain and duration of bone fracture healing and decrease of risk of infection although further clinical trial studies are necessary.
- Subjects
WOUND healing; CARDIAC surgery; CORONARY artery bypass
- Publication
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2015, Vol 5, p154
- ISSN
2228-7930
- Publication type
Article