What is the prevalence of hypertrophic scarring following burns?

What is the prevalence of hypertrophic scarring following burns?

Hypertrophic scarring after burns remains a major problem and is considered to be “common”. Pressure garments are commonly used as treatment even though there is little sound data that they reduce the prevalence or magnitude of the scarring. In 1999 we began a study of the efficacy of pressure garme...

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Published in:Burns Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 299 - 302
Main Authors: Bombaro, Kristine M, Engrav, Loren H, Carrougher, Gretchen J, Wiechman, Shelly A, Faucher, Lee, Costa, Beth A, Heimbach, David M, Rivara, Frederick P, Honari, Shari
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-06-2003
Elsevier Science
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Burns
Burns - complications
Burns - epidemiology
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic - epidemiology
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic - etiology
Dermatology
Female
Humans
Hypertrophic scar
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pressure
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects
Thermal injury
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Wound Healing - physiology
Burns
Thermal injury
Hypertrophic scar
Human
Skin disease
Prevalence
Scar
Trauma
Epidemiology
Retrospective
Burn
Complication
Skin
Hypertrophy
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Summary:Hypertrophic scarring after burns remains a major problem and is considered to be “common”. Pressure garments are commonly used as treatment even though there is little sound data that they reduce the prevalence or magnitude of the scarring. In 1999 we began a study of the efficacy of pressure garments on forearm burns. After studying 30 patients, mainly white adults, we found no hypertrophic scar in either those treated with pressure or without. This prompted us to review the literature on the prevalence of hypertrophic scarring after burns and found only four articles with a relatively small number of patients and only three geographical locations. It became clear that the prevalence of hypertrophic scarring is really unknown. We then did a retrospective study of 110 burn survivors and counted all hypertrophic scars of all sizes and locations in all races and found the prevalence hypertrophic scarring to be 67% which conflicts with the published reports and our prospective study and suggests that further research is necessary. We concluded that a worldwide, prospective survey is necessary to establish the prevalence of hypertrophic scarring after burns. In this article we are calling for and offering to organize this survey.
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ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00067-6