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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