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Management of keloid scars: noninvasive and invasive treatments

Scars vary from mature linear scars to abnormal excessive scars such as hypertrophic scars and keloid scars. Keloid scars are fibro-proliferative disease entities that reflect an abnormal process of wound healing. They can cause pain, itching, stiffness, and psychological distress, all of which can...

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Autor principal: Kim, Sang Wha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33765731
http://dx.doi.org/10.5999/aps.2020.01914
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description Scars vary from mature linear scars to abnormal excessive scars such as hypertrophic scars and keloid scars. Keloid scars are fibro-proliferative disease entities that reflect an abnormal process of wound healing. They can cause pain, itching, stiffness, and psychological distress, all of which can affect quality of life. Various treatment options have been advocated as ways to prevent and treat keloid scars. These include noninvasive treatments such as use of silicone gel sheeting and compression therapy, and invasive treatments such as intralesional corticosteroid injections, surgery, and radiotherapy. Novel treatments include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and anti-inflammatory therapies. Unfortunately, keloids continue to pose a significant challenge due to the lack of efficacious treatments. Therefore, clinicians should be familiar with various therapeutic options and apply the most suitable treatment plan for patients. In this review, we introduce the current therapeutic options for the management of keloid scars.
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spelling pubmed-80074682021-04-07 Management of keloid scars: noninvasive and invasive treatments Kim, Sang Wha Arch Plast Surg Cosmetic Scars vary from mature linear scars to abnormal excessive scars such as hypertrophic scars and keloid scars. Keloid scars are fibro-proliferative disease entities that reflect an abnormal process of wound healing. They can cause pain, itching, stiffness, and psychological distress, all of which can affect quality of life. Various treatment options have been advocated as ways to prevent and treat keloid scars. These include noninvasive treatments such as use of silicone gel sheeting and compression therapy, and invasive treatments such as intralesional corticosteroid injections, surgery, and radiotherapy. Novel treatments include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and anti-inflammatory therapies. Unfortunately, keloids continue to pose a significant challenge due to the lack of efficacious treatments. Therefore, clinicians should be familiar with various therapeutic options and apply the most suitable treatment plan for patients. In this review, we introduce the current therapeutic options for the management of keloid scars. Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2021-03 2021-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8007468/ /pubmed/33765731 http://dx.doi.org/10.5999/aps.2020.01914 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Management of keloid scars: noninvasive and invasive treatments
title_full Management of keloid scars: noninvasive and invasive treatments
title_fullStr Management of keloid scars: noninvasive and invasive treatments
title_full_unstemmed Management of keloid scars: noninvasive and invasive treatments
title_short Management of keloid scars: noninvasive and invasive treatments
title_sort management of keloid scars: noninvasive and invasive treatments
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007468/
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