[How I treat...fibroproliferative scars].
Following a skin injury like burn, surgery or a trauma, fibroproliferatives scars are responsible of cosmetic, psychologic and symptomatic disorders. Keloids are benign and occur secondary to an imbalance between the synthesis of extracellular matrix and its degradation. There is a lot of therapeutic modalities available. Despite this, recurrence and sometimes increasing lesions are the major complications. Surgery with adjuvant therapy like steroids injections, radiotherapy, silicone materials seems today the best therapeutic choice. A best physiopatholgy's comprehension is at the base of new treatments, but their efficacity still need to be demonstrate in larger studies.
Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale et Plastique, Centre des brûlés, Chirurgie de la main, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège.
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D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013256:Steroids