Treatment of Scars from Burns and Trauma

From a team of pioneers in dermatology and laser medicine, Treatment of Scars from Burns and Trauma provides the latest, most innovative methods for treating scars. It provides the essential information you need to know about how scarring occurs, how it affects patients, and how to design and implement the best possible treatment plan.

This unparalleled resource covers every angle of scar treatment. First, it explains the fundamentals, including all the clinically relevant elements of wound care, pain, range of motion, and patient selection, along with treatment. It then focuses on treatment—both new and traditional techniques. Finally, it provides best practices for pain, infection, and ulceration management.

This unique text covers a broad range of topics and treatments, including:

    Basic science of scars
    Patient selection and counseling
    Dermabrasion
    Laser-assisted drug delivery
    Fractional resurfacing
    Vascular lasers and lights
    Minimally invasive surgical techniques
    Treating Keloid and Hypertrophic scars
    Fat grafting
    Stem cell transfer

CONTENTS

    PART 1: DEFINING THE PROBLEM

    Chapter 1: Clinically relevant elements of wound healing

    Chapter 2: Pain, range of motion restriction, and psychologic issues

    Chapter 3: Patient selection and counseling

    Chapter 4: Treatment algorithm: What, when?

    PART 2: DELIVERING TREATMENT

    Chapter 5: Traditional techniques: intralesional steroids, dermabrasion, surgical revision, ablative laser

    Chapter 6: Fractional resurfacing

    Chapter 7: Laser-assisted drug delivery

    Chapter 8: Vascular lasers and lights

    Chapter 9: Injectable antimetabolites

    Chapter10: Stem cell transfer

    Chapter11: Minimally invasive surgical techniques

    PART 3: CARING FOR WOUNDS AND COMPLICATIONS

    Chapter 12: Best practices for wound care

    Chapter 13: Management of treatment-associated infections, ulceration, and pain