Treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids using intense pulsed light (IPL)

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 902-909

  Erol, O Onur ^a,b   Gurlek, Ali ^a   Agaoglu, Galip ^b   Topcuoglu, Ela ^a   Oz, Hayat ^a  

^a ONEP Plastic Surgery Science Institute   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scar; Intense pulsed light; IPL Quantum; Keloid

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INJURY; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SKIN DISCOLORATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349103390     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-008-9161-7     Document Type: Article

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