Journal Reviews

Laser in the management of burn scars

1 April 2018 | | General Plastic Surgery | Ablative laser, Burn scars, Contracture, Hypertrophic scars, Laser treatment, Non-ablative laser

This article systematically reviews the use of laser therapy in burn scar management. A search of the literature revealed 51 relevant studies that were referenced in this review. It starts with a nice introduction outlining the effects of burns scars...

The effect of skin graft contracture when using artificial dermis

3 June 2015 | | General Plastic Surgery | Artificial dermis, Burn, Contracture, Size, Skin graft

This is a report of a prospective clinical trial performed in a single centre in Seoul, South Korea. The group attempted to observe the change in size of skin grafts applied to an artificial dermal substitute (matriderm). Two groups of...