Total Scar Management: From Lasers to Surgery for Scars, Keloids, and Scar Contractures

Description

The purpose of this book is to discuss available treatments for “scars” and analyze their mechanisms from an international perspective. “Scars” are now receiving considerably more attention internationally, because the topic of patients’ quality of life (QOL) of patients has gained in importance. Total Scar Management highlights many “new” and “practical” topics related to scars such as various treatments for post-burn scars, traumatic scars, keloids and hypertrophic scars, aesthetic management of scars, reconstructive surgery of scar contractures, basic researches, etc. Written by an international team of prominent experts in their respective fields, the book presents the latest and most helpful advances regarding “scars,” offering a unique resource for all plastic surgeons, dermatologists, aesthetic surgeons, wound surgeons, wound healing specialists, and general surgeons who are interested in the aesthetic outcomes of their work. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Wound Healing and Scarring (Adriana C. Panayi, Chanan Reitblat, Dennis P. Orgill)....Pages 3-16 Burn Wound Healing and Scarring Pathophysiology (Haig A. Yenikomshian, Nicole S. Gibran)....Pages 17-23 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hypertrophic Scarring (Antoinette T. Nguyen, Jie Ding, Edward E. Tredget)....Pages 25-45 Genetics of Scars and Keloids (Chao-Kai Hsu, Hsing-San Yang, John A. McGrath)....Pages 47-53 Local, Systemic, and Genetic Risk Factors for Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars and the Reset Concept of Pathological Scar Therapy (Rei Ogawa)....Pages 55-67 Front Matter ....Pages 69-69 Scar Evaluation (Satoko Yamawaki)....Pages 71-82 Clinical and Pathological Diagnosis of Scars (Chenyu Huang, Longwei Liu, Zhifeng You, Zhaozhao Wu, Yanan Du, Rei Ogawa)....Pages 83-95 Acne Scars: How They Form and How to Undo Them (Mi Ryung Roh, Kee Yang Chung)....Pages 97-103 Pediatric Burns and Scars (Mark Fisher)....Pages 105-119 Dermal Substitutes and Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Burns and Scars (J. Genevieve Park, Joseph A. Molnar)....Pages 121-138 Surgery and Radiation Therapy for Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars (Rei Ogawa)....Pages 139-150 Steroids for Scars (Ioannis Goutos)....Pages 151-163 Intralesional Cryosurgery for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids (Yaron Har-Shai, Lior Har-Shai)....Pages 165-172 Laser Therapy for Scars (Timothy A. Durso, Nathanial R. Miletta, Bart O. Iddins, Matthias B. Donelan)....Pages 173-184