Scar assessment tools: how do they compare?

AMH Choo, YS Ong, F Issa - Frontiers in surgery, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Healing after dermal injury is a complex but imperfect process that results in a wide range of
visible scars. The degree of disfigurement is not the sole determinant of a scar's effect on …

Management of non-severe burn wounds in children and adolescents: optimising outcomes through all stages of the patient journey

L Cuttle, M Fear, FM Wood, RM Kimble… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Paediatric burn injuries are common, especially in children younger than 5 years, and can
lead to poor physical and psychosocial outcomes in the long term. In this Review, we aim to …

Patient‐reported scar quality of adults after burn injuries: a five‐year multicenter follow‐up study

I Spronk, S Polinder, JA Haagsma… - Wound repair and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Scar formation is an important adverse consequence of burns. How patients appraise their
scar quality is often studied shortly after sustaining the injury, but information in the long …

Comparison of wound healing and patient comfort in partial‐thickness burn wounds treated with SUPRATHEL and epictehydro wound dressings

JL Schiefer, GF Aretz, PC Fuchs… - International wound …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Among the available dressings for partial‐thickness burn wound treatment, SUPRATHEL
has shown good usability and effectiveness for wound healing and patient comfort and has …

Measurement of vascularity in the scar: a systematic review

H Deng, CWP Li-Tsang - Burns, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Vascularity is an important parameter closely associated with the scar
maturation. Reliable and accurate measurement of vascularity helps to monitor the scar …

Hypertrophic scar

SK Bharadia, L Burnett, V Gabriel - Physical Medicine and …, 2023 - pmr.theclinics.com
Burns are traumatic tissue injuries accompanied by various physiological and psychological
morbidities. 1–3 Scar is the most apparent pathognomonic characteristic of burn injury and …

Evaluation of Scar Quality after Treatment of Superficial Burns with Dressilk® and Suprathel®—In an Intraindividual Clinical Setting

JL Schiefer, J Andreae, PC Fuchs, R Lefering… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Various synthetic and biological wound dressings are available for the
treatment of superficial burns, and standard care differs among hospitals. Nevertheless, the …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-reported scar quality in paediatric and adult burn patients: A long-term multicentre follow-up study

JN Dijkshoorn, ME van Baar, A Pijpe, M Nieuwenhuis… - Burns, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Burn scar maturation can take several years but is generally studied shortly
after injury. Therefore, we investigated patient-reported scar quality up to 5–7 years post …

Scar quality in children with burns 5–7 years after injury: A cross‐sectional multicentre study

I Spronk, A Stortelers, CH van der Vlies… - Wound repair and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term scar formation is an important adverse consequence in children with burns,
however, information regarding scar quality in the long‐term is lacking. Therefore, we …

Effects of multiple modes of UltraPulse fractional CO2 laser treatment on extensive scarring: a retrospective study

X Ge, Y Sun, J Lin, F Zhou, G Yao, X Su - Lasers in Medical Science, 2022 - Springer
The main therapeutic options for extensive scarring (eg,> 20% of the total body surface area,
or TBSA) after burns and trauma have focused on conservative treatments, such as …