Main description:

This unique medical guide focuses on scars. The impact of scars is often underestimated and rarely discussed, and they are considered an inevitable side effect of surgery or trauma.

Although therapies for distressing scars do exist, many are based on myths rather than evidence. This strongly practice-oriented book provides step-by-step instructions with scales and measuring instruments for assessing scars. Featuring brief abstracts and summaries, this valuable reference resource benefits clinical professionals such as doctors and nurses alike. It will appeal to practitioners who want to understand the nature and background of planned treatments, and to non-experts who simply want to broaden their medical horizons.

Contents:

Part 1: Skin, Wounds & Scars
1. Anatomy & physiology of the skin2. From wound to scar - scarring explained Pathophysiology of wound healing3. Pathophysiology of burn wounds4. Mechanobiology and Mechanotherapy of Cutaneous Scarring5. History of Scar Treatment6. Recent advances in Scar Research & Unanswered QuestionsPart 2: Scar Assessment & Prevention
7. Scar Assessment Scores8. Measuring Postoperative Scar Quality - Scar Cosmesis Assessment and Rating (SCAR)9. SCAR PREVENTION - Surgical and non-surgical aspects to reduce scar formation, including early therapiesPart 3: Scar Treatment
10. Intralesional therapy11. Lasers and Energy-based devices in scar therapy: a practical use12. Surgcial Scar Therapy13. Oral medication - Prevention and therapy Neurobiological management of scars (itch, pain, therapies for acne scars)14. Physical therapy15. Management of hypertrophic scars in pediatric burn patientsPart 4: Scar Rehabilitation
16. Medical Tattooing for camouflageing scars and optimizing aesthetics17. Rehabilitation of scar patients