Lasers in surgery and medicine

The most recent articles from: Lasers Surg Med February 2020

Lasers Surg Med · Feb 2020

Ablative fractional resurfacing with laser-facilitated steroid delivery for burn scar management: Does the depth of laser penetration matter?

To investigate whether the depth of ablative fractional CO2 laser (CO2 -AFL) penetration of pathological burn scars influences clinical outcomes. ⋯ CO2 -AFL scar penetration depth significantly influences subjective and objective pathologic burn scar modulation. The penetration depth of 51-75% achieves the greatest reduction in scar thickness. Lasers Surg. Med. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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