Use of silicone gel sheets for prevention of keloid scars after median sternotomy

Surgery Today

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 496-499

  Sakuraba, Motoki ^a   Takahashi, Nobumasa ^a   Akahoshi, Taku ^a   Miyasaka, Yoshikazu ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scar; Keloid scar; Silicone gel sheet

Indexed keywords

SILICONE GEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SCAR FORMATION; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SILICONE GELS; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956189841     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-010-4265-5     Document Type: Article

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