title: Scar management practice and science: a comprehensive approach to controlling scar tissue and avoiding hypertrophic scarring.
abstract: A meta-analysis of the literature forms the basis of a treatment regimen focused on the principles of support, controlled inflammation, hydration, and hastened collagen remodeling. The presented clinical trial avoided hypertrophic scarring in more than 80% of cases, validating the theory of targeting many areas of scar control in 1 approach.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Alan David
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Widgerow
authors.forename: Laurence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Chait
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D014945:Wound Healing