Treatment of burn scars with the 1,550 nm nonablative fractional Erbium Laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 441-446

  Waibel, Jill ^a,e   Wulkan, Adam J ^b   Lupo, Mary ^c,i   Beer, Kenneth ^d,e,f   Anderson, R Rox ^g,h  

^a Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lupo Center for Aesthetic and General Dermatology   (United States)

^d Palm Beach Esthetic Dermatology and Laser Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Department of Dermatology   (United States)

ⁱ TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atrophic scars; burn scars; hypertrophic scars; keloid scars; nonablative fractional laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF ESTEEM; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863818207     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22038     Document Type: Article

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