Textbook on scar management : : state of the art management and emerging technologies /

Textbook on scar management : : state of the art management and emerging technologies / / edited by Luc Téot, Thomas A. Mustoe, Esther Middelkoop, Gerd G. Gauglitz.

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This text book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Written by a group of international experts in the field and the result of over ten years of collaboration, it allows students and readers to gain to gain a detailed understanding of scar and wound treatment – a topic still dispersed among var...

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Téot, Luc.
Mustoe, Thomas A.
Middelkoop, Esther.
Gauglitz, Gerd G.
Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing :, Imprint: Springer,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxv, 553 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly color)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • (see attached PDF for latest version) Foreword
  • Preface
  • I Semiology of scars, classifications and scoring
  • 1 Biology and scar formation
  • 2 Epidemiology of scars and their consequences
  • 3 Scar symptoms: itching, redness, thickness, contractures, colour, hyper/hypochromia, psychological disorders
  • 4 International classification and semiology od scars
  • 5 Scar evaluation scales (Vancouver, POSAS, Manchester)
  • 6 Assessment technologies (cutometer, laser Doppler, 3D imaging, stereophotogrammetry)
  • II Scars management and Evidence-based medicine
  • 7 Non-invasive technologies (lasers fractional ER Yag, pulsed dye, fractional CO2, silicone, pressure garments, postop devices) and psychological management
  • 8 Semi invasive technologies (injections corticoteroids, antimitotic, needling)
  • 9 Invasive techniques (surgery with local flaps, resurfacing, skin substitutes, microsurgical flaps, fat injections, others)
  • 10 Specific scar management depending on anatomical features (face, hair, breast, hand, joints, foot)
  • 11Cosmetic requirements depending on age and social considerations
  • III State- of- the –Art Scar management technologies
  • 12 Recently developed new technologies (mechanical, chemical)
  • 13 Cultural and traditional approaches
  • 14 Cellular skin substitutes
  • 15 New drugs for scar treatment
  • 16 Vacuum massage in scar treatment
  • 17 Shock wave therapy for scar treatment
  • Subject Index.

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