Cargando…
A Novel Bespoke Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: Actualizing Hybrid Pressure and Silicone Therapies with 3D Printing and Scanning
The treatment of hypertrophic scars (HSs) is considered to be the most challenging task in wound rehabilitation. Conventional silicone sheet therapy has a positive effect on the healing process of HSs. However, the dimensions of the silicone sheet are typically larger than those of the HS itself whi...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Whioce Publishing Pte. Ltd.
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33585716 http://dx.doi.org/10.18063/ijb.v7i1.327 |
_version_ | 1783649715703775232 |
---|---|
author | Chow, Lung Yick, Kit-lun Sun, Yue Leung, Matthew S. H. Kwan, Mei-ying Ng, Sun-pui Yu, Annie Yip, Joanne Chan, Ying-fan |
author_facet | Chow, Lung Yick, Kit-lun Sun, Yue Leung, Matthew S. H. Kwan, Mei-ying Ng, Sun-pui Yu, Annie Yip, Joanne Chan, Ying-fan |
author_sort | Chow, Lung |
collection | PubMed |
description | The treatment of hypertrophic scars (HSs) is considered to be the most challenging task in wound rehabilitation. Conventional silicone sheet therapy has a positive effect on the healing process of HSs. However, the dimensions of the silicone sheet are typically larger than those of the HS itself which may negatively impact the healthy skin that surrounds the HS. Furthermore, the debonding and displacement of the silicone sheet from the skin are critical problems that affect treatment compliance. Herein, we propose a bespoke HS treatment design that integrates pressure sleeve with a silicone sheet and use of silicone gel using a workflow of three-dimensional (3D) printing, 3D scanning and computer-aided design, and manufacturing software. A finite element analysis (FEA) is used to optimize the control of the pressure distribution and investigate the effects of the silicone elastomer. The result shows that the silicone elastomer increases the amount of exerted pressure on the HS and minimizes unnecessary pressure to other parts of the wrist. Based on this treatment design, a silicone elastomer that perfectly conforms to an HS is printed and attached onto a customized pressure sleeve. Most importantly, unlimited scar treating gel can be applied as the means to optimize treatment of HSs while the silicone sheet is firmly affixed and secured by the pressure sleeve. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7875059 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | Whioce Publishing Pte. Ltd. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-78750592021-02-11 A Novel Bespoke Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: Actualizing Hybrid Pressure and Silicone Therapies with 3D Printing and Scanning Chow, Lung Yick, Kit-lun Sun, Yue Leung, Matthew S. H. Kwan, Mei-ying Ng, Sun-pui Yu, Annie Yip, Joanne Chan, Ying-fan Int J Bioprint Research Article The treatment of hypertrophic scars (HSs) is considered to be the most challenging task in wound rehabilitation. Conventional silicone sheet therapy has a positive effect on the healing process of HSs. However, the dimensions of the silicone sheet are typically larger than those of the HS itself which may negatively impact the healthy skin that surrounds the HS. Furthermore, the debonding and displacement of the silicone sheet from the skin are critical problems that affect treatment compliance. Herein, we propose a bespoke HS treatment design that integrates pressure sleeve with a silicone sheet and use of silicone gel using a workflow of three-dimensional (3D) printing, 3D scanning and computer-aided design, and manufacturing software. A finite element analysis (FEA) is used to optimize the control of the pressure distribution and investigate the effects of the silicone elastomer. The result shows that the silicone elastomer increases the amount of exerted pressure on the HS and minimizes unnecessary pressure to other parts of the wrist. Based on this treatment design, a silicone elastomer that perfectly conforms to an HS is printed and attached onto a customized pressure sleeve. Most importantly, unlimited scar treating gel can be applied as the means to optimize treatment of HSs while the silicone sheet is firmly affixed and secured by the pressure sleeve. Whioce Publishing Pte. Ltd. 2021-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7875059/ /pubmed/33585716 http://dx.doi.org/10.18063/ijb.v7i1.327 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Chow, et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/cc-by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chow, Lung Yick, Kit-lun Sun, Yue Leung, Matthew S. H. Kwan, Mei-ying Ng, Sun-pui Yu, Annie Yip, Joanne Chan, Ying-fan A Novel Bespoke Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: Actualizing Hybrid Pressure and Silicone Therapies with 3D Printing and Scanning |
title | A Novel Bespoke Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: Actualizing Hybrid Pressure and Silicone Therapies with 3D Printing and Scanning |
title_full | A Novel Bespoke Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: Actualizing Hybrid Pressure and Silicone Therapies with 3D Printing and Scanning |
title_fullStr | A Novel Bespoke Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: Actualizing Hybrid Pressure and Silicone Therapies with 3D Printing and Scanning |
title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Bespoke Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: Actualizing Hybrid Pressure and Silicone Therapies with 3D Printing and Scanning |
title_short | A Novel Bespoke Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: Actualizing Hybrid Pressure and Silicone Therapies with 3D Printing and Scanning |
title_sort | novel bespoke hypertrophic scar treatment: actualizing hybrid pressure and silicone therapies with 3d printing and scanning |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33585716 http://dx.doi.org/10.18063/ijb.v7i1.327 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT chowlung anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT yickkitlun anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT sunyue anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT leungmatthewsh anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT kwanmeiying anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT ngsunpui anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT yuannie anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT yipjoanne anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT chanyingfan anovelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT chowlung novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT yickkitlun novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT sunyue novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT leungmatthewsh novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT kwanmeiying novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT ngsunpui novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT yuannie novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT yipjoanne novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning AT chanyingfan novelbespokehypertrophicscartreatmentactualizinghybridpressureandsiliconetherapieswith3dprintingandscanning |