Apply cutting-edge expertise to manage your patients’ scarring issues! Scarring and fibrosis affect millions of people worldwide, and can be devastating both physically and psychologically, whether they result from major trauma such as burns or common conditions such as acne. Put today’s most advanced clinical approaches to work for your patients with The Scar Book: Formation, Mitigation, Rehabilitation, and Prevention! A multidisciplinary team of leading world experts presents the state of the art in scar pathophysiology and treatment, breaking down the barriers between medical disciplines to provide unprecedented holistic guidance.
Author(s): Andrew C. Krakowski, Peter R. Shumaker
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health / LWW
Year: 2017
Language: English
Commentary: CONVERTED PDF
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
SECTION I Perspectives
1 A Historical Perspective on Scar Management
2 The Global Impact of Scars
3 Medical Conditions Associated with Scarring and Fibrosis
4 Scars and Scar Management: Ethical Considerations
SECTION II Formation
5 Scar Histopathology and Morphologic Classification
6 The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Scarring: The Paradigm of Hypertrophic Scarring After Thermal Injury
7 The Biomechanics of Scar Formation
SECTION III Mitigation
8 An Approach to Scar Mitigation
9 Optimizing Wound Healing and Scar Formation
SECTION IV Rehabilitation
10 Medical Management of Scars
11 Neurobiology of Scars: Managing Pain and Itch
12 Surgical Scar Revision
13 Lasers and Light Devices in Scar Management
14 Laser-Assisted Delivery of Therapeutic Agents
15 Fat Grafting for Scar Treatment
16 Multimodal Scar Management
17 Atrophic Scar Management
18 Scar Management in Skin of Color
19 Rehabilitative Burn Scar Management
20 Scar Camouflage
21 Medical Tattooing
22 A Pediatric Perspective
23 A Perspective from Military Medicine
24 Recovery and Reintegration After Burn Injury
25 Integrating Scar Management into Clinical Practice
SECTION V Prevention
26 Scar Treatment, Restoration, and Prevention—Beyond the Horizon?
27 Fetal Wound Healing
28 Clinical Scar Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Hypertrophic Burn Scars
Index
