-
J Burn Care Rehabil · Nov 1986
Laser Doppler flowmetry for the early detection of hypertrophic burn scars.
- G Hosoda, G A Holloway, and D M Heimbach.
- Enginnering Service, Veteran's Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121.
- J Burn Care Rehabil. 1986 Nov 1; 7 (6): 496-7.
AbstractIn this preliminary study it was hypothesized that patients with hypertrophic scars have increased microcirculatory perfusion in the areas of scarring. Sixteen former patients whose burn injuries involved less than 30% TBSA and who required autologous skin grafting were evaluated using laser Doppler flowmetry. Data grouped at three-week intervals showed higher flow values in patients with hypertrophic scarring than in those with non-hypertrophic scars. These initial data suggest that hypertrophic scars may be associated with increased microcirculatory blood flow. These values are elevated early and could possibly serve as an early indicator for the occurrence of hypertrophic scarring.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..