Prospective, before-after cohort study to assess the efficacy of laser therapy on hypertrophic burn scars

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 521-526

  Hultman, Charles Scott ^a   Edkins, Renee E ^a   Wu, Cindy ^a   Calvert, Catherine T ^a   Cairns, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

as measured by objective and subjective instruments; Laser therapies significantly improve both the signs and symptoms of hypertrophic burn scars

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYE LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS LASER; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID STATE LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876394573     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31827eac5e     Document Type: Article

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