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Minimal scarring in a premature neonate
BACKGROUND: Scar formation and management is one of the major issues in plastic surgery. Scars are a chronic burden to patients, their families, and the wider healthcare system and while non-surgical and surgical options have been shown to reduce scarring and its impact, there are currently no thera...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10587665/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37869731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2023.10.003 |
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author | Adegboye, Oluwatobi Adams, Saleigh |
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description | BACKGROUND: Scar formation and management is one of the major issues in plastic surgery. Scars are a chronic burden to patients, their families, and the wider healthcare system and while non-surgical and surgical options have been shown to reduce scarring and its impact, there are currently no therapeutic options to completely heal scars or to avoid scarring. Early gestation animals have been reported to heal skin wounds without scarring. CASE PRESENTATION: We report on a premature, underweight-for-age neonate of 30 weeks’ gestation that suffered a combination of deep partial thickness abrasions and full thickness wounds following birth trauma, who eventually healed with minimal skin scarring. CONCLUSION: This case highlights that more research is needed to understand the mechanism and timelines of foetal skin healing, so the knowledge can be used to develop better therapeutic options to treat skin scars in adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-105876652023-10-21 Minimal scarring in a premature neonate Adegboye, Oluwatobi Adams, Saleigh JPRAS Open Case Report BACKGROUND: Scar formation and management is one of the major issues in plastic surgery. Scars are a chronic burden to patients, their families, and the wider healthcare system and while non-surgical and surgical options have been shown to reduce scarring and its impact, there are currently no therapeutic options to completely heal scars or to avoid scarring. Early gestation animals have been reported to heal skin wounds without scarring. CASE PRESENTATION: We report on a premature, underweight-for-age neonate of 30 weeks’ gestation that suffered a combination of deep partial thickness abrasions and full thickness wounds following birth trauma, who eventually healed with minimal skin scarring. CONCLUSION: This case highlights that more research is needed to understand the mechanism and timelines of foetal skin healing, so the knowledge can be used to develop better therapeutic options to treat skin scars in adults. Elsevier 2023-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10587665/ /pubmed/37869731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2023.10.003 Text en © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Adegboye, Oluwatobi Adams, Saleigh Minimal scarring in a premature neonate |
title | Minimal scarring in a premature neonate |
title_full | Minimal scarring in a premature neonate |
title_fullStr | Minimal scarring in a premature neonate |
title_full_unstemmed | Minimal scarring in a premature neonate |
title_short | Minimal scarring in a premature neonate |
title_sort | minimal scarring in a premature neonate |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10587665/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37869731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2023.10.003 |
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