Table 4.
Comparison of results of this study with other studies
Study | Author, year | Excellent repigmentation at the end of study period |
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Needling with 5% 5-FU | Current study | 47% patches at the end of 6 months |
Mina et al.,[8] 2018 | 48% patches at end of 6 months | |
Shashikiran et al.,[18] 2018 | 49% patches at the end of 6 months | |
Santosh et al.,[23] 2018 | 60% patients at the end of 3 months | |
Attwa et al.,[24] 2019 | 3.7% patients at the end of 3 months | |
Ghiya et al.,[25] 2016 | 60% patients at the end of 6 months | |
Dermabrasion with topical 5-FU | Sethi et al.,[26] 2007 | 73.3% patches at the end of 6 months |
Yones et al.,[22] 2013 | 45% patients at the end of 3 months | |
Garg et al.,[21] 2011 | 25% patches at the end of 2 months (4 sessions) | |
Laser dermabrasion followed by topical 5-FU | George et al.,[13] 2017 | 40% patients at the end of 3 months |
Mohamed et al.,[27] 2015 | 49.8% patches at the end of 5 months | |
Intradermal 5-FU with NB-UVB therapy | Abd El-Samad and Shaaban,[28] 2012 | 48.3% patients at the end of 4 months |
NB-UVB = narrow band-ultraviolet B