Treatment of traumatic scars using fat grafts mixed with platelet-rich plasma, and resurfacing of skin with the 1540 nm nonablative laser

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Cervelli, V ^a   Nicoli, F ^a   Spallone, D ^a   Verardi, S ^a   Sorge, R ^b   Nicoli, M ^c   Balzani, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Department of Immunology   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPOSITE SKIN GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONABLATIVE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TRAUMATIC SCAR; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255191066     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2011.04199.x     Document Type: Article

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