Background Problematic scarring remains a challenging aspect to address in the treatment
of burns and can significantly affect the quality of life of the burn survivor. At present, there …

PURPOSE: All deep second and third degree burns are at risk to develop hypertrophic scars
which can severely undermine the quality of survival. To assess the severity of scarring …

BACKGROUND: Scars can be devastating and disfiguring, because they are clearly visible,
stigmatizing, and permanent reminders of the initial accident or surgical event. Yet, there is …

Introduction A lack of high quality burn scar rating scales underpins the urgent need to
introduce a guide for clinicians and researchers to choose the most appropriate scale for …

Standardized validated evaluation instruments are mandatory to increase the level of
evidence in scar management. Scar assessment scales are potentially suitable for this …

Aims Hypertrophic scars in burn survivors are a major cause of morbidity but the
development of evidence based treatments is hampered by the lack of objective …

INTRODUCTION: Scar rating scales have the potential to contribute to better evaluation of
scar properties in both research and clinical settings. Despite a large number of scars …

At the 2016 State of the Science meeting, clinicians and burn survivors met to discuss the
advances in scar prevention, evaluation and treatment. While emerging evidence exists to …

Abstract Background The DermaLab Combo® is a device with potential to make objective
measurements of key scar components–pigmentation, vascularity, pliability and thickness …

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 …