Current methods employed in the prevention and minimization of surgical scars

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1740-1746

  Liu, Austin ^a   Moy, Ronald L ^b   Ozog, David M ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AVOTERMIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIPOTRIOL; ISOTRETINOIN; MEDERMA; ONION EXTRACT; POLYURETHAN; RETINOIC ACID; SILICONE GEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMOSURGERY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CICATRIX; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84255214090     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02166.x     Document Type: Review

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