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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Nonablative Fractional Laser versus Pulsed-Dye Laser in Thyroidectomy Scar Prevention
BACKGROUND: The anterior neck is the site of open thyroidectomy and where postoperative scarring can cause distress to patients. Both fractional and pulsed-dye lasers are effective and safe methods for preventing and improving surgical scars. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the improvement in scar a...
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Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25324655 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2014.26.5.615 |
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author | Ha, Ji Min Kim, Han Su Cho, Eun Byul Park, Gyeong Hun Park, Eun Joo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Lee Su Kim, Kwang Joong |
author_facet | Ha, Ji Min Kim, Han Su Cho, Eun Byul Park, Gyeong Hun Park, Eun Joo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Lee Su Kim, Kwang Joong |
author_sort | Ha, Ji Min |
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description | BACKGROUND: The anterior neck is the site of open thyroidectomy and where postoperative scarring can cause distress to patients. Both fractional and pulsed-dye lasers are effective and safe methods for preventing and improving surgical scars. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the improvement in scar appearance with laser intervention during the wound healing process. We evaluated the effect of nonablative fractional and pulsed-dye lasers on fresh thyroidectomy scars. METHODS: Patients were treated 3 times at 4-week interval with a follow-up visit at the 6(th) month. Scars were divided into 2 halves for each optional treatment. At every visit, a questionnaire evaluating the scar and patient satisfaction was completed. RESULTS: Thirty patients completed the 6-month process. The mean Vancouver Scar Scale scores improved significantly from 8.0 to 4.6 and 8.2 to 4.7 with nonablative fractional and pulsed-dye lasers, respectively (p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference between the 2 methods (p=0.840). CONCLUSION: There remains no consensus on the optimal treatment of scars. The present study indicates nonablative fractional and pulsed-dye lasers significantly improve scars. Nonablative fractional lasers are non-inferior to pulsed-dye lasers. Further studies are required to corroborate this finding. |
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spelling | pubmed-41985902014-10-16 Comparison of the Effectiveness of Nonablative Fractional Laser versus Pulsed-Dye Laser in Thyroidectomy Scar Prevention Ha, Ji Min Kim, Han Su Cho, Eun Byul Park, Gyeong Hun Park, Eun Joo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Lee Su Kim, Kwang Joong Ann Dermatol Original Article BACKGROUND: The anterior neck is the site of open thyroidectomy and where postoperative scarring can cause distress to patients. Both fractional and pulsed-dye lasers are effective and safe methods for preventing and improving surgical scars. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the improvement in scar appearance with laser intervention during the wound healing process. We evaluated the effect of nonablative fractional and pulsed-dye lasers on fresh thyroidectomy scars. METHODS: Patients were treated 3 times at 4-week interval with a follow-up visit at the 6(th) month. Scars were divided into 2 halves for each optional treatment. At every visit, a questionnaire evaluating the scar and patient satisfaction was completed. RESULTS: Thirty patients completed the 6-month process. The mean Vancouver Scar Scale scores improved significantly from 8.0 to 4.6 and 8.2 to 4.7 with nonablative fractional and pulsed-dye lasers, respectively (p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference between the 2 methods (p=0.840). CONCLUSION: There remains no consensus on the optimal treatment of scars. The present study indicates nonablative fractional and pulsed-dye lasers significantly improve scars. Nonablative fractional lasers are non-inferior to pulsed-dye lasers. Further studies are required to corroborate this finding. Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2014-10 2014-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4198590/ /pubmed/25324655 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2014.26.5.615 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Ha, Ji Min Kim, Han Su Cho, Eun Byul Park, Gyeong Hun Park, Eun Joo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Lee Su Kim, Kwang Joong Comparison of the Effectiveness of Nonablative Fractional Laser versus Pulsed-Dye Laser in Thyroidectomy Scar Prevention |
title | Comparison of the Effectiveness of Nonablative Fractional Laser versus Pulsed-Dye Laser in Thyroidectomy Scar Prevention |
title_full | Comparison of the Effectiveness of Nonablative Fractional Laser versus Pulsed-Dye Laser in Thyroidectomy Scar Prevention |
title_fullStr | Comparison of the Effectiveness of Nonablative Fractional Laser versus Pulsed-Dye Laser in Thyroidectomy Scar Prevention |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of the Effectiveness of Nonablative Fractional Laser versus Pulsed-Dye Laser in Thyroidectomy Scar Prevention |
title_short | Comparison of the Effectiveness of Nonablative Fractional Laser versus Pulsed-Dye Laser in Thyroidectomy Scar Prevention |
title_sort | comparison of the effectiveness of nonablative fractional laser versus pulsed-dye laser in thyroidectomy scar prevention |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25324655 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2014.26.5.615 |
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