Brandon Worley, Kathyrn Kim, Ketan Jain-Poster, Kelly A Reynolds, Emily A Merkel, Bianca Y Kang, McKenzie A Dirr, Noor Anvery, Rachel E Christensen, Farhana Ikmal Hisham, Sarah A Ibrahim, Sepideh Nikki Asadbeigi, Emily Poon, Murad Alam
Exaggerated healing and remodeling after skin injury may cause hypertrophic and keloidal scars, which are associated with functional and quality of life impairment. There is limited guidance available regarding the relative effectiveness of therapies for hypertrophic scars and keloids. In this review, we aim to compare the effectiveness of treatments for hypertrophic scars and keloids. MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, and the Cochrane Collaboration database were searched from inception to March 2019 for randomized control trials of treatments for hypertrophic and keloid scars that included 20 or more patients...
September 2023: Archives of Dermatological Research