Burn scar assessment: A systematic review of different scar scales

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  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

burn injury; scar assessment; scar scales

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; BIOMETRY; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAMILTON SCAR SCALE; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF POTENTIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE NEEDS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; MODIFIED INVENTORY OF POTENTIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE NEEDS; PAIN; PATIENT AND OBSERVER SCAR ASSESSMENT SCALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PLIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SEATTLE SCAR SCALE; SKIN COLOR; STONY BROOK SCAR EVALUATION SCALE; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VANCOUVER SCAR SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

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

EID: 77958108733     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.05.056     Document Type: Review

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