What score on the Vancouver Scar Scale constitutes a hypertrophic scar? Results from a survey of North American burn-care providers

Burns

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1442-1448

  Thompson, Callie M ^a   Sood, Ravi F ^a   Honari, Shari ^a   Carrougher, Gretchen J ^a   Gibran, Nicole S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Hypertrophic scar; Vancouver Scar Scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PLIABILITY; REGISTERED NURSE; RESEARCH NURSE; SKIN DISEASE ASSESSMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THERAPIST; VANCOUVER SCAR SCALE; VASCULARIZATION; BURN; BURN UNIT; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; INJURY SCALE; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BURN UNITS; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945477545     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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