Early postoperative treatment of thyroidectomy scars using a fractional carbon dioxide laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-223

  Jung, Jin Young ^a   Jeong, Jong Ju ^b   Roh, Hyo Jin ^a   Cho, Su Hyun ^a   Chung, Kee Yang ^a   Lee, Won Jai ^b   Nam, Kee Hyun ^b   Chung, Woong Youn ^b   Lee, Ju Hee ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FRACTIONAL LASER SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KOREA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE THYROIDECTOMY SCAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOUVER SCAR SCALE;

ADULT; CICATRIX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951948497     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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