Scar Revision: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Clinical guideline

Management of burns and scalds in primary care.
New Zealand Guidelines Group - Private Nonprofit Organization.  2007 June.  120 pages.  NGC:005962

Clinical trials

Juvista in Scar Revision Surgery of Disfiguring Scars (Revise)

Exploratory Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Juvista 250ng When Administered Following Excision of Ear Lobe Keloids

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Scar Revision (Dermatology)

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Wound Healing, Nerve

Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar

Keywords

scar revision, cosmetic wound revision, scar repair, cosmetic skin repair, Z-plasty, classic Z-plasty, multiple Z-plasty, serial Z-plasty, W-plasty, running W-plasty, zig-zag plasty, M-plasty, geometric broken line closure, GBLC

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Howard S Kotler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago
Howard S Kotler, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Association, American College of Physician Executives, American Medical Association, American Medical Informatics Association, Chicago Medical Society, and Illinois State Medical Society
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