Development and validation of a novel scar evaluation scale

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1892-1897

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Arora, Blavantray ^b   Dagum, Alexander ^b   Valentine, Sharon ^b   Hollander, Judd E ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LACERATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SCAR; SURGEON; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CICATRIX; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 37349014516     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000287275.15511.10     Document Type: Article

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