Section 5 of 5
Conclusion
Carmen Lucia Kretiska Araujo, Graziele Silveira Fardin, Ana Paula Bernardi, Joane Severo Ribeiro, Ricardo Vitiello Schramm, Isadora Frois Ourique, Maria Luiza Santos, Betina Vescovi, Tássio Fernando Crusius, Flávia Marafon, Denis Valente, Níveo Steffen, Patricia Viana da Rosa, and Alessandra Peres · about 1 minutes
Overall, these preliminary findings suggest that PBM appears to be a safe intervention and may influence oxidative and inflammatory pathways during postoperative recovery after abdominoplasty. However, given the small sample size and methodological limitations of this pilot study, these findings should be interpreted as hypothesis-generating rather than definitive evidence of clinical benefit.
Future randomized controlled trials with sham-irradiated controls, prospective registration, validation of salivary biomarkers against serum levels, and investigation of minimal clinically important difference (MCID) thresholds are needed to clarify the clinical relevance and reproducibility of PBM effects in surgical recovery.