Burn Scar Management and Reconstructive Surgery

Noor Obaidi; Corey Keenan; Rodney K Chan

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2023.01.012

Burn Scar Management and Reconstructive Surgery

Surg Clin North Am. 2023 Jun;103(3):515-527. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2023.01.012. Epub 2023 Mar 21.

Authors

Noor Obaidi¹, Corey Keenan¹, Rodney K Chan²

Affiliations

¹ The Metis Foundation, 84 NorthEast 410 Loop, STE 325, San Antonio, TX 78216, USA.
² The Metis Foundation, 84 NorthEast 410 Loop, STE 325, San Antonio, TX 78216, USA; United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: chan@metisfoundationusa.org.

PMID: 37149387
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2023.01.012

Abstract

This chapter highlights the importance of a comprehensive burn scar treatment plan in approaching a burn survivor. General concepts of burn scar physiology and a practical system to describe burn scars based on cause, biology, and symptoms are presented. Common scar management modalities including nonsurgical, surgical, and adjuvant therapies are further discussed.

Keywords: Burn scars; Functional reconstruction; Hypertrophic scars; Keloid; Reconstructive surgery; Scar contracture; Scar management; Surgical scar techniques.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Burns* / complications
Burns* / surgery
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic* / etiology
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic* / surgery
Combined Modality Therapy
Humans
Plastic Surgery Procedures*
Surgery, Plastic*