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Total Scar Management

From Lasers to Surgery for Scars, Keloids, and Scar Contractures

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Editors:
  1. Rei Ogawa

    1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Offers comprehensive descriptions of procedures for treating scars

  • Includes beneficial chapters from basic science to clinical practice

  • Written by global specialists in this field

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Basic Science of Scars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Wound Healing and Scarring

      • Adriana C. Panayi, Chanan Reitblat, Dennis P. Orgill
      Pages 3-16

    3. Burn Wound Healing and Scarring Pathophysiology

      • Haig A. Yenikomshian, Nicole S. Gibran
      Pages 17-23

    4. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hypertrophic Scarring

      • Antoinette T. Nguyen, Jie Ding, Edward E. Tredget
      Pages 25-45

    5. Genetics of Scars and Keloids

      • Chao-Kai Hsu, Hsing-San Yang, John A. McGrath
      Pages 47-53

    6. Local, Systemic, and Genetic Risk Factors for Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars and the Reset Concept of Pathological Scar Therapy

      • Rei Ogawa
      Pages 55-67

  3. Clinical Plactice of Scars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Scar Evaluation

      • Satoko Yamawaki
      Pages 71-82

    3. Clinical and Pathological Diagnosis of Scars

      • Chenyu Huang, Longwei Liu, Zhifeng You, Zhaozhao Wu, Yanan Du, Rei Ogawa
      Pages 83-95

    4. Acne Scars: How They Form and How to Undo Them

      • Mi Ryung Roh, Kee Yang Chung
      Pages 97-103

    5. Pediatric Burns and Scars

      • Mark Fisher
      Pages 105-119

    6. Dermal Substitutes and Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Burns and Scars

      • J. Genevieve Park, Joseph A. Molnar
      Pages 121-138

    7. Surgery and Radiation Therapy for Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars

      • Rei Ogawa
      Pages 139-150

    8. Steroids for Scars

      • Ioannis Goutos
      Pages 151-163

    9. Intralesional Cryosurgery for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids

      • Yaron Har-Shai, Lior Har-Shai
      Pages 165-172

    10. Laser Therapy for Scars

      • Timothy A. Durso, Nathanial R. Miletta, Bart O. Iddins, Matthias B. Donelan
      Pages 173-184
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About this book

The purpose of this book is to discuss available treatments for “scars” and analyze their mechanisms from an international perspective.

“Scars” are now receiving considerably more attention internationally, because the topic of patients’ quality of life (QOL) of patients has gained in importance. Total Scar Management highlights many “new” and “practical” topics related to scars such as various treatments for post-burn scars, traumatic scars, keloids and hypertrophic scars, aesthetic management of scars, reconstructive surgery of scar contractures, basic researches, etc.

Written by an international team of prominent experts in their respective fields, the book presents the latest and most helpful advances regarding “scars,” offering a unique resource for all plastic surgeons, dermatologists, aesthetic surgeons, wound surgeons, wound healing specialists, and general surgeons who are interested in the aesthetic outcomes of their work.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

    Rei Ogawa

About the editor

Rei Ogawa, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor and Chief,
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School,
1-1-5 Sendagi Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Total Scar Management

  • Book Subtitle: From Lasers to Surgery for Scars, Keloids, and Scar Contractures

  • Editors: Rei Ogawa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9791-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9790-6Published: 12 December 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9793-7Published: 17 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9791-3Published: 29 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 184

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 127 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plastic Surgery, Dermatology

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