Burn scar assessment: A systematic review of objective scar assessment tools

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1157-1164

  Brusselaers, Nele ^a,b   Pirayesh, Ali ^a   Hoeksema, Henk ^a   Verbelen, Jozef ^a   Blot, Stijn ^a,b,c   Monstrey, Stan ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Scar assessment

Indexed keywords

BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; ELASTICITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOISTURE; OXYGEN TENSION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN WATER LOSS; SOUND INTENSITY; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TONOMETER;

BURNS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 77958093478     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.03.016     Document Type: Review

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