Increased burn healing time is associated with higher Vancouver Scar Scale score

• Main Authors: Vidya Finlay (Author), Sally Burrows (Author), Maddison Burmaz (Author), Hussna Yawary (Author), Johanna Lee (Author), Dale W. Edgar (Author), Fiona M. Wood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Increased burn wound healing time has been shown to influence abnormal scarring. This study hypothesised that scar severity increases commensurate to the increase in time to healing (TTH) of the wound. Wound healing and scar data from burn patients treated by the Burn Service of Western Australia at...