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

ISBN-13: 9789813297937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 184 str.

Rei Ogawa

Spis treści

Part-1: Basic Science of Scars

1. Wound Healing and Scarring

2. Burn Wound Healing and Scarring

3. Molecular Mechanisms of Scarring

4. Genetics of Scars and Keloids

5. Body Constitutions of Scars and Keloids

Part-2 Clinical Plactice of Scars

6. Scar Evaluation (including JSW scar scale)

7. Clinical and Pathological Diagnosis of Scars

8. Acne Scar Prevention and Treatment

9. Pediatric Burns and Scars

10. Dermal Substitutes and NPWT for Burns and Scars

11. Surgery and Radiation Therapy for Keloids

12. Steroid Therapy for Scars

13. Cryotherapy for Scars

14. Laser Therapy for Scars

15. Fat Grafting for Scars.

O autorze

Rei Ogawa, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor and Chief,
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School,
1-1-5 Sendagi Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan

Blurb

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.