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References:

Principles of Scar Formation

  1. ISBI Practice Guidelines Committee, Ahuja RB, Gibran N, Greenhalgh D, Jeng J, Mackie D, et al. ISBI Practice Guidelines for Burn Care. Burns. 2016;42(5):953–1021.
  2. Cubison TCS, Pape SA, Parkhouse N. Evidence for the link between healing time and the development of hypertrophic scars (HTS) in paediatric burns due to scald injury. Burns. 2006;
  3. Anthonissen M, Daly D, Janssens T, Van Den Kerckhove E. The effects of conservative treatments on burn scars: A systematic review. Burns. 2016.
  4. Gauglitz G, Korting H, Pavicic T, Ruzicka T, Jeschke M. Hypertrohic scarring and keloids: Pathomechanisms and current and emerging treatment strategies. Mol Med. 2016;17(1–2):113–25.
  5. Greenhalgh DG. Wound Healing. In: Hernon D, editor. Total Burn Care. 3rd ed. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2007. p. 578–95.

How a scar may impact occupational performance

  1. Edgar D, Munn Z, Simons M, Li F, Clayton N, Kolmus A, et al. Burn Trauma Rehabilitation: Allied Health Practice Guidelines. 1st ed. Edgar D, editor. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2014.

Defining Burn Scars

  1. Nedelec B, Correa J, de Oliveria A, LaSalle L, Perrault I. Longitudinal burn scar quantification. Burn J Int Soc Burn Inj. 2014;40(8):1504–12.
  2. Gabriel V. Hypertrophic Scar. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am [Internet]. 2011;22(2):301–10. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmr.2011.02.002
  3. Edgar D, Munn Z, Simons M, Li F, Clayton N, Kolmus A, et al. Burn Trauma Rehabilitation: Allied Health Practice Guidelines. 1st ed. Edgar D, editor. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2014.
  4. Atiyeh BS. Nonsurgical management of hypertrophic scars: evidence-based therapies, standard practices, and emerging methods. Aesthetic Plast Surgery2. 2007;31:468–94.
  5. Arabi S, Longaker M, Gurtner G. Hypertrophic scar formation following burns and trauma: New approaches to treatment. PLOS Med. 2007;9:1464.
  6. Gauglitz G, Korting H, Pavicic T, Ruzicka T, Jeschke M. Hypertrohic scarring and keloids: Pathomechanisms and current and emerging treatment strategies. Mol Med. 2016;17(1–2):113–25.
  7. Bombaro KM, Engrav LH, Carrougher GJ, Wiechman SA, Faucher L, Costa BA, et al. What is the prevalence of hypertrophic scarring following burns. Burns2. 3AD;29(4):229–302.

Scar Severity

  1. Cubison TCS, Pape SA, Parkhouse N. Evidence for the link between healing time and the development of hypertrophic scars (HTS) in paediatric burns due to scald injury. Burns. 2006;
  2. Gabriel V. Hypertrophic Scar. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am [Internet]. 2011;22(2):301–10. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmr.2011.02.002
  3. Van Der Wal MBA, Vloemans JFPM, Tuinebreijer WE, Van De Ven P, Van Unen E, Van Zuijlen PPM, et al. Outcome after burns: An observational study on burn scar maturation and predictors for severe scarring. Wound Repair Regen. 2012;20(5):676–87.
  4. Deitch EA, Wheelahan TM, Rose MP, Clothier J, Cotter J. Hypertrophic Burn Scars: Analysis of Variables. J Trauma. 1983;23(10):895–8.

Features of a Scar

  1. Nedelec B, Correa J, de Oliveria A, LaSalle L, Perrault I. Longitudinal burn scar quantification. Burn J Int Soc Burn Inj. 2014;40(8):1504–12.
  2. Simons M, Price N, Kimble R, Tyack Z. Patient experiences of burn scars in adults and children and development of a health-related quality of life conceptual model: A qualitative study. In: Burns. 2016.
  3. Edgar D, Munn Z, Simons M, Li F, Clayton N, Kolmus A, et al. Burn Trauma Rehabilitation: Allied Health Practice Guidelines. 1st ed. Edgar D, editor. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2014.
  4. ISBI Practice Guidelines Committee, Ahuja RB, Gibran N, Greenhalgh D, Jeng J, Mackie D, et al. ISBI Practice Guidelines for Burn Care. Burns. 2016;42(5):953–1021.

Scar Progression and Maturity

  1. Oliveria G, Chinkes D, Mitchell C, Oliveras G, Hawkins H, Herndon D. Objective assessment of burn scar vascularity, erythema, pliability, thickness and planimetry. Dermatologic Surgery2. 5AD;31(1):48–58.
  2. Van Der Wal MBA, Vloemans JFPM, Tuinebreijer WE, Van De Ven P, Van Unen E, Van Zuijlen PPM, et al. Outcome after burns: An observational study on burn scar maturation and predictors for severe scarring. Wound Repair Regen. 2012;20(5):676–87.