ReviewPlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2020
Mitigation of Postsurgical Scars Using Lasers: A Review.
Review in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Combined compound betamethasone and 595 nm pulsed dye laser improves hypertrophic scar and is associated with enhanced autophagy in myofibroblasts.Lasers in medical science · 2026Article
- Photobiomodulation as Medicine: Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) for Acute Tissue Injury or Sport Performance Recovery.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- The Comparison of 940nm and 810nm Diode Laser Effects on the Repair of Inferior Alveolar Sensory Nerve Injury: A Clinical Trial.Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of combining ultrapulse COLasers in medical science · 2024Article
- The impact on quality-of-life following treatment of surgical facial scars with laser-based therapy: a scoping review.Archives of dermatological research · 2023Article
- Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids: Advances in Treatment and Review of Established Therapies.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2023Review
- 595-nm pulsed dye laser combined with fractional COLasers in medical science · 2021Article
- Laser Resurfacing for the Management of Periorbital Scarring.Plastic and aesthetic research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost postsurgical scars are considered esthetically and functionally acceptable. Currently, there is no definite consensus treatment for postsurgical scarring. The purpose of this review is to shed some light on the value of scar mitigation and the efficacy of different lasers employed on postsurgical wounds.
methodsA systematic literature review and computational analysis were conducted to identify relevant clinical articles that pertained to the use of lasers for mitigating postsurgical scars. Articles included the National Institutes of Health-National Center for Biotechnology Information-PubMed search and sources cited from relevant studies after 1995. Trials that attributed pre- and posttreatment scores of scar severity based on a verified scar evaluation scale (eg, Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale, Vancouver Scar Scale, Global Assessment Scale) were chosen. Clinical assessments varied for each study. To adequately assess the efficacy of the modalities, the final scaled scar appearance scores were realigned and normalized to a standard scale for unbiased comparison.
resultsAfter filtering through a total of 124 studies, 14 relevant studies were isolated and thus included in the review. Studied lasers were as follows: Pulsed dye laser (PDL), carbon dioxide, diode, potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP), and erbium glass (Er-Glass) lasers.
conclusionTreatment with lasers in the postsurgical wound healing phase is safe, effective, and advised in mitigation of pathologic scar formation.
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