Prevention or treatment of hypertrophic burn scarring: A review of when and how to treat with the Pulsed Dye Laser

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 797-804

  Brewin, M P ^a   Lister, T S ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

595 nm; Burns; Hypertrophic scar; Keloid; PDL; Pulsed Dye Laser

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BLISTER; BODY IMAGE; BURN SCAR; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KELOID; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; RASH; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND HEALING; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DYE LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE;

BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE;

EID: 84902551172     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.12.017     Document Type: Review

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