Botulinum toxin for scars: Can it work, does it work, is it worth it?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Freshwater, M Felix ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; PLACEBO;

FOREHEAD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LACERATION; NOTE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TAPE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BANDAGES; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGERY, PLASTIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84873714145     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.11.034     Document Type: Note

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