A Review of Scar Scales and Scar Measuring Devices

Objective: Pathologic scarring affects millions of people worldwide. Quantitative and qualitative measurement modalities are needed to effectively evaluate and monitor treatments. Methods: This article reviews the literature on available tools and existent assessment scales used to subjectively and...

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Autores principales: Fearmonti, Regina, Bond, Jennifer, Erdmann, Detlev, Levinson, Howard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Open Science Company, LLC 2010
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Journal Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20596233
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author Fearmonti, Regina
Bond, Jennifer
Erdmann, Detlev
Levinson, Howard
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description Objective: Pathologic scarring affects millions of people worldwide. Quantitative and qualitative measurement modalities are needed to effectively evaluate and monitor treatments. Methods: This article reviews the literature on available tools and existent assessment scales used to subjectively and objectively characterize scar. Results: We describe the attributes and deficiencies of each tool and scale and highlight areas where further development is critical. Conclusion: An optimal, universal scar scoring system is needed in order to better characterize, understand and treat pathologic scarring.
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spelling pubmed-28903872010-07-01 A Review of Scar Scales and Scar Measuring Devices Fearmonti, Regina Bond, Jennifer Erdmann, Detlev Levinson, Howard Eplasty Journal Article Objective: Pathologic scarring affects millions of people worldwide. Quantitative and qualitative measurement modalities are needed to effectively evaluate and monitor treatments. Methods: This article reviews the literature on available tools and existent assessment scales used to subjectively and objectively characterize scar. Results: We describe the attributes and deficiencies of each tool and scale and highlight areas where further development is critical. Conclusion: An optimal, universal scar scoring system is needed in order to better characterize, understand and treat pathologic scarring. Open Science Company, LLC 2010-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC2890387/ /pubmed/20596233 Text en Copyright © 2010 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article whereby the authors retain copyright of the work. The article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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