| Autor: |
Parisa Moori, Laura Cappuyns, Kayvan Shokrollahi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
JPRAS Open, Vol 40, Iss , Pp 106-110 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2352-5878 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jpra.2024.02.009 |
| Popis: |
Scarring is a dynamic development as a result of the wound healing process. Post-burn scars are often hypertrophic in nature and thus exhibit a much thicker and firmer scar, often leading to contractures. Various strategies have been implemented by burns surgeons to endeavour to mitigate and improve such symptoms and appearances. Laser therapy in the control of hypertrophic scarring is of continual developing interest within this field. We demonstrate the advantageous, intra-operative use of a carbon dioxide laser for precise contouring of a burn scar prior to skin grafting in a 36 year-old female with hypertrophic scarring following a 65% total body surface area flash flame burn. This method provided a bloodless surgical field with no post-operative complications, good graft take and a favourable cosmetic outcome. |
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