Facial scar management. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, David B. Hom.
• Other Names: Hom, David B
• Contents: Front Cover; Facial Scar Management ; Copyright ; Contributors; CONSULTING EDITOR; EDITOR; AUTHORS; Contents; Preface: Facial Scar Management; Treating Scars in Relation to Facial Regions; Soft Tissue Principles to Minimize Scarring: An Overview ; Management of Forehead Scars ; Periorbital Scar Correction ; Treating Scars of the Cheek Region ; Unique Clinical Aspects of Nasal Scarring ; Treating Scars of the Chin and Perioral Region ; Treating Scars in the Auricle Region ; Treatment of Scalp Scars ; Treating Scars on the Oral Mucosa ; Treating Scars to the Neck. Contemporary Topics Relevant to Facial Scarring Laser-Assisted Delivery to Treat Facial Scars ; Skin Color and Pigmentation in Ethnic Skin ; FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA ; FORTHCOMING ISSUES; May 2017; August 2017; November 2017; RECENT ISSUES; November 2016; August 2016; May 2016; Preface: Facial Scar Management; Soft Tissue Principles to Minimize Scarring; Key points; INTRODUCTION; SCARRING IN RELATION TO WOUND HEALING; RELEVANT ANATOMY; Skin Structure and Skin Condition; FACIAL AREAS PRONE TO SCARRING; PATIENT FACTORS; Medical Conditions; Type of Skin Injury; Ethnicity. AGEPRETREATMENT OF TISSUE BEFORE SURGERY; MINIMIZING FUTURE SCARRING DURING A PROCEDURE WITH PLANNED INCISIONS; Suture Technique; Surgical Choices for Scar Revision; Managing patient expectations in scar revision; POSTPROCEDURE INCISIONAL CARE; Taping; Moisture; Silicone Ointments; Sun Protection; ADJUNCTIVE PROCEDURES; Dermabrasion; Laser; POTENTIAL FUTURE SCAR TREATMENTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Management of Forehead Scars; Key points; INTRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT; Overview; Facial Analysis; Mid-Forehead; Paramedian Forehead; Temple Region; Scar Management Specific to the Forehead. Surgical techniquesHair transplantation; Z-plasty; W-plasty; Geometric broken line closure; Nonsurgical and adjunctive techniques; Steroids; Laser resurfacing; Dermabrasion; Intralesional fillers; Botulinum toxin; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Periorbital Scar Correction; Key points; INTRODUCTION; ANATOMY; EVALUATION; SURGICAL CORRECTION; Cicatricial Retraction with Ectropion; Cicatricial Retraction with Entropion; Cicatricial Retraction with Entropion: Correction with Free Tarsal Graft; Harvesting graft; Retraction repair and preparation of implant site; Horizontal Tightening of the Eyelid. Lateral tarsal strip procedureReconstruction of the medial canthal region; Combining procedures; Nonsurgical intervention; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Treating Scars of the Cheek Region; Key points; INTRODUCTION; ANATOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; EVALUATING A PATIENT CHEEK SCAR FOR REVISION; TIMING OF SCAR REVISION; CHEEK SCAR REVISION TECHNIQUES; EXCISION; SCAR IRREGULARIZATION; RUNNING W-PLASTY; GEOMETRIC BROKEN LINES CLOSURE; SCAR REPOSITIONING; SUBSCISION; SCAR RESURFACING; LASER SCAR RESURFACING; NONSURGICAL TECHNIQUES; Steroids and 5-Flourouracil; Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 617.520592; Face -- Surgery; Scars -- Surgery; Surgery, Plastic; MEDICAL / Surgery / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323496575; 0323496571
• Related ISBNs: 0323496474; 9780323496476
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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