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Studies on scars
Author(s) -
Reid William Henry
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980050104
Subject(s) - medicine , disfigurement , scars , silicone , surgery , dermatology , organic chemistry , chemistry
Over several years, pressure has been used to lessen disfigurement of postoperative and particularly post‐traumatic scars and latterly the application of silicone gel topical dressing has been used. Attempts have been made to quantify and elucidate why these forms of treatment are effective.