作者
Shereen O Tawfic, Amira El‐Tawdy, Suzan Shalaby, Ahmed Foad, Olfat Shaker, Safinaz S Sayed, Dina Metwally
发表日期
2020/12
期刊
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
卷号
52
期号
10
页码范围
959-965
简介
Background
Keloids and hypertrophic scars are challenging to both patients and physicians. They can be aesthetically disfiguring, functionally debilitating, and emotionally distressing. Lasers have introduced new mechanisms to improve scars both on aesthetic and symptomatic levels.
Aim of Work
Comparing the efficacy of fractional CO2 laser, long‐pulsed Nd:YAG laser and their combination in the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids on clinical, histopathological, and biochemical basis.
Patients and Methods
Thirty patients with hypertrophic scars and keloids were enrolled in the study. Three scars in each patient were randomly assigned to treatment modalities (i) Fractional CO2, (ii) Nd:YAG laser, (iii) Combined CO2 and Nd:YAG lasers. For each treatment area four sessions, 4–6 weeks apart were performed. Clinical evaluation was done before and 1 month following last session using the Vancouver …
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