Prophylactic low-level light therapy for the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids: A case series

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 597-601

  Barolet, Daniel ^a,b   Boucher, Annie ^a  

^a Skin Optics Laboratory   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CO 2 laser ablation; Near infrared (NIR); Photobiomodulation; Prevention; Surgical scars; Transforming growth factor beta I

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CICATRIX; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SELF CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955593680     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20952     Document Type: Article

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