The Efficacy of Silicone Gel for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids

Topical self drying silicone gel is a relatively recent treatment modality promoted as an alternative to topical silicone gel sheeting. Thirty patients with scars of different types including superficial scars, hypertrophic scars, and keloids were treated with silicon gel application. The results of...

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Autores principales: Puri, Neerja, Talwar, Ashutosh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20808600
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.58527
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description Topical self drying silicone gel is a relatively recent treatment modality promoted as an alternative to topical silicone gel sheeting. Thirty patients with scars of different types including superficial scars, hypertrophic scars, and keloids were treated with silicon gel application. The results of the self-drying silicone gel have been satisfactory.
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spelling pubmed-29183392010-08-31 The Efficacy of Silicone Gel for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids Puri, Neerja Talwar, Ashutosh J Cutan Aesthet Surg Short Communication Topical self drying silicone gel is a relatively recent treatment modality promoted as an alternative to topical silicone gel sheeting. Thirty patients with scars of different types including superficial scars, hypertrophic scars, and keloids were treated with silicon gel application. The results of the self-drying silicone gel have been satisfactory. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2918339/ /pubmed/20808600 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.58527 Text en © Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of 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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The Efficacy of Silicone Gel for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids
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title_full The Efficacy of Silicone Gel for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids
title_fullStr The Efficacy of Silicone Gel for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids
title_full_unstemmed The Efficacy of Silicone Gel for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids
title_short The Efficacy of Silicone Gel for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20808600
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.58527
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