Comparison of the effectiveness of the pulsed dye laser 585 nm versus 595 nm in the treatment of new surgical scars

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 801-810

  Nouri, Keyvan ^a   Rivas, Maria Patricia ^a   Stevens, Mark ^b   Ballard, Christopher J ^a   Singer, Lauren ^c   Ma, Fangchao ^a   Vejjabhinanta, Voraphol ^a   Elsaie, Mohamed L ^a,d   Elgart, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

PDL; Pulsed dye laser; Scar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PUNCH BIOPSY; SCAR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUTURE REMOVAL; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CICATRIX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUTURES;

EID: 68849118192     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-009-0698-8     Document Type: Article

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