The craniofacial region contains skin, bones, cartilage, the temporomandibular joint (TMJ),
teeth, periodontal tissues, mucosa, salivary glands, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels …

Scarring following burn injury and its accompanying aesthetic and functional sequelae still
pose major challenges. Hypertrophic scarring (HTS) can greatly impact patients' quality of …

Burns and other traumatic injuries represent a substantial biomedical burden. The current
standard of care for deep injuries is autologous split-thickness skin grafting (STSG), which …

Split thickness skin graft (STSG) implantation is one of the standard therapies for full
thickness wound repair when full thickness autologous skin grafts (FTG) or skin flap …

Significance: Laser use has become part of the gold standard of treatment as an effective
adjuvant in multimodal therapy for pathologic scarring caused by burns, trauma, acne, and …

Background: Nowadays, patients normally survive severe traumas such as burn injuries and
necrotizing fasciitis. Large skin defects can be closed but the scars remain. Scars may …

Significance: The cutaneous repair process naturally results in different types of scarring that
are classified as normal or pathological. Affected individuals are often affected from an …

Background Skin is a soft tissue that forms roughly 8% of the total body mass and covers the
entire surface area of the body. It is a self-repairing, self-renewing organ that forms an …

Objective To analyze factors associated with upper limb dysfunction in women after breast
cancer treatment. Methodology A cross-sectional study with 233 women over 18 years of …

Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the formation of ectopic osseous lesions within soft tissue or
joints. HO occurs in patients with genetic mutations in receptors responsible for bone …