Hypertrophic scarring: the greatest unmet challenge after burn injury

CC Finnerty, MG Jeschke, LK Branski, JP Barret… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Improvements in acute burn care have enabled patients to survive massive burns that would
have once been fatal. Now up to 70% of patients develop hypertrophic scars after burns. The …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in keratinocyte delivery in burn wound care

B Ter Horst, G Chouhan, NS Moiemen… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review gives an updated overview on keratinocyte transplantation in burn wounds
concentrating on application methods and future therapeutic cell delivery options with a …

Laser treatment of traumatic scars and contractures: 2020 international consensus recommendations

M Seago, PR Shumaker, LK Spring… - Lasers in surgery …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives There is currently intense multidisciplinary interest and a
maturing body of literature regarding laser treatments for traumatic scars, but international …

Skin quality–a holistic 360 view: consensus results

K Goldie, M Kerscher, SG Fabi, C Hirano… - Clinical, cosmetic and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Skin quality is an important component of human attractiveness. To date, there
are no standardized criteria for good skin quality. To establish a consensus for good skin …

Scar management in burn injuries using drug delivery and molecular signaling: current treatments and future directions

S Amini-Nik, Y Yousuf, MG Jeschke - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent decades, there have been tremendous improvements in burn care that have
allowed patients to survive severe burn injuries that were once fatal. However, a major …

Imaging in chronic wound diagnostics

S Li, AH Mohamedi, J Senkowsky, A Nair… - Advances in wound …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Chronic wounds affect millions of patients worldwide, placing a huge burden
on health care resources. Although significant progress has been made in the development …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the intra-and inter-rater reliability of a panel of subjective and objective burn scar measurement tools

KC Lee, A Bamford, F Gardiner, A Agovino, B Ter Horst… - Burns, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Research into the treatment of hypertrophic burn scar is hampered by the
variability and subjectivity of existing outcome measures. This study aims to measure the …

Effectiveness of topical silicone gel and pressure garment therapy for burn scar prevention and management in children: a randomized controlled trial

J Wiseman, RS Ware, M Simons… - Clinical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of silicone and pressure garments (alone and in
combination) in children receiving scar management post-burn. Design: Multicentre, parallel …

Ablative fractional CO2 laser for burn scar reconstruction: an extensive subjective and objective short-term outcome analysis of a prospective treatment cohort

AC Issler-Fisher, OM Fisher, AO Smialkowski, F Li… - Burns, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The introduction of ablative fractional CO 2 lasers (CO 2-AFL) for burn scar
management shows promising results. Whilst recent studies have focused on objective scar …

Microneedling in the treatment of atrophic scars: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

IBS Sitohang, SAP Sirait… - International Wound …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To date, treatment of atrophic acne scars remains a therapeutic challenge for
dermatologists, yet there is no standard option on the most effective treatment …