Intralesional cryotherapy for enhancing the involution of hypertrophic scars and keloids

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1841-1852

  Har Shai, Yaron ^a   Amar, Micha ^b   Sabo, Edmond ^b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; LIQUID NITROGEN; COLLAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEPIGMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; EPIDERMOLYSIS; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVOLUTION; KELOID; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PAIN; PARAMETER; POLARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SPECTROSCOPY; WOUND CARE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COLLAGEN; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0038415777     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000056868.42679.05     Document Type: Article

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