Treatment of surgical scars with nonablative fractional laser versus pulsed dye laser: A randomized controlled trial

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1172-1180

  Tierney, Emily ^b   Mahmoud, Bassel H ^a   Srivastava, Divya ^a   Ozog, David ^a   Kouba, David J ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Laser and Skin Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPIGMENTATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONABLATIVE FRACTIONAL LASER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CICATRIX; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; MOHS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68749091320     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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