Aesthetic plastic surgery
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Aesthetic plastic surgery · Oct 2020
LetterAvoiding a Second Wave of Medical Errors: The Importance of Human Factors in the Context of a Pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the delivery of healthcare services around the globe. This has resulted in important loss of life for our communities, including health professionals that have been exposed to the disease in their workplace. ⋯ Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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Aesthetic plastic surgery · Oct 2020
Meta AnalysisEfficacy and Safety of Intralesional Triamcinolone Versus Combination of Triamcinolone with 5-Fluorouracil in the Treatment of Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Although keloids and hypertrophic scars are common benign hyperproliferative growths of dermal fibroblasts, the clinical problems including physical and psychological problems are significant and impairing, with few proven treatments. Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide (TAC) and combination of TAC with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) are widely used to treat keloids and hypertrophic scars, but their efficacy and safety remain controversial. ⋯ This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .