Erbium:YAG laser treatment of post-burn scars: Potentials and limitations

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-24

  Eberlein, Aletta ^a   Schepler, Hadrian ^b   Spilker, Gerald ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^c   Hartmann, Bernd ^d  

^a KLINIKEN DER STADT KÖLN GGMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Erbium:YAG laser; Review; Scars; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ESTHETICS; EYE; FINGER; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIP; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NOSE; SKIN ABRASION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; ERBIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 11444262001     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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