The most current algorithms for the treatment and prevention of hypertrophic scars and keloids

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 557-568

  Ogawa, Rei ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School ^*

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CONTRACTURE; CRYOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALGORITHMS; BANDAGES; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRACTURE; CRYOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; KELOID; LASER THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 76949088970     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c82dd5     Document Type: Article

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