Comparative efficacy of intralesional verapamil hydrochloride and triamcinolone acetonide in hypertrophic scars and keloids

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 583-588

  Ahuja, Rajeev B ^a   Chatterjee, Pallab ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scars; Keloids; Triamcinolone; Vancouver Scar Scale; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VERAPAMIL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; PAIN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PIGMENTATION; PLIABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR HEIGHT; SCAR PIGMENTATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN ATROPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; TELANGIECTASIA; VASCULARIZATION; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VERAPAMIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899625080     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.09.029     Document Type: Article

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