The use of silicone gel sheeting in the management of hypertrophic and keloid scars.
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JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE JANUARY, VOL 9, NO 1, 2000 Most wound healing is well controlled, but over-abundant deposition of collagen may result in hypertrophic or keloid scarring.1 These scars are raised, hard, lumpy and erythematous, and pruritis is invariably a distressing symptom.2 The prime clinical feature distinguishing keloid from hypertrophic scarring is that keloid scar tissue progressively encroaches on the surrounding normal skin. Hypertrophic scarring is confined to damaged tissue; it also increases in dimension, but by pushing out its margins, rather than by invasion of surrounding tissue.3
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of wound care
دوره 9 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000