Sustainable effect of skin stretching for burn scar excision: Long-term results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1222-1228

  Verhaegen, Pauline D H M ^a,b,c   Van Der Wal, Martijn B A ^a,c   Bloemen, Monica C T ^a   Dokter, Jan ^d   Melis, Paris ^a   Middelkoop, Esther ^a,c   Van Zuijlen, Paul P M ^a,b,c  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Maasstad Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burn scar reconstruction; Burn scars; Randomized controlled; Scar outcome; Skin stretching; Trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LONG TERM CARE; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT AND OBSERVER SCAR ASSESSMENT SCALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; SKIN; SKIN STRETCHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE EXPANSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052966859     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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