Treatment of hypertrophic scars using laser and laser assisted corticosteroid delivery

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 135-140

  Waibel, Jill S ^a   Wulkan, Adam J ^b   Shumaker, Peter R ^c  

^a Laser Institute   (United States)

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

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

drug delivery systems; fractional laser; hypertrophic scar; laser assisted delivery systems; scar therapy; triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DYSCHROMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEXTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875328953     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22120     Document Type: Article

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