Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (20): 3253-3257.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.20.026

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Advances in scar prevention, early intervention and clinical assessment

Ma Lin-xiao1, Bao Ji-hong1, Chen Bin1, 2   

  1. 1Department of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650101, Yunnan Province, China; 2Burn Institute of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650101, Yunnan Province, China
  • Online:2015-05-14 Published:2015-05-14
  • Contact: Chen Bin, M.D., Associate chief physician, Department of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650101, Yunnan Province, China; Burn Institute of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650101, Yunnan Province, China
  • About author:陈斌,博士,副主任医师,昆明医科大学第二附属医院修复重建外科、云南省烧伤研究所,云南省昆明市 650101
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81160238; the Science and Technology Joint Special Project of Yunnan Province, No. 2011FB189

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Potential mechanisms of scar formation and scar prevention strategies have become more important in current medical research. Scar assessment scales have the potential to contribute to better evaluation of scar properties in both research and clinical diagnosis.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the literatures addressing scar prevention and clinical assessment.
METHODS: A computer search of CNKI database from 2000 to 2014, PubMed database from 1975 to 2014 and Foreign Medical Journal Full-Text Service Database from 2000 to 2014 was performed using the keywords of “scar, prevention, treat, cicatrix, assessment, measure” in Chinese and English to retrieve articles related to scar prevention strategies and scar assessment scales. Totally 39 articles meeting the inclusive criteria were included in result analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: During wound healing, the unbalance between collagen anabolism and katabolism can lead to the formation of pathological scar. Prevention and treatment of pathological scars should be combined, and early intervention was used in wound healing. General scar assessment scales include Vancouver Scar Scale,
Visual Analog Scale, Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale, Manchester Scar Assessment Scale, Stony Brook Scar Assessment Scale, all of which have the potential to contribute to better evaluation of scar properties in both research and clinical diagnosis.

Key words: Cicatrix, Keloid, Wound Healin

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