Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Wounds: Pain Relief or Excessive Scar Formation?

• Main Authors: Wen-Hsiang Su (Author), Ming-Huei Cheng (Author), Wen-Ling Lee (Author), Tsung-Shan Tsou (Author), Wen-Hsun Chang (Author), Chien-Sheng Chen (Author), Peng-Hui Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The inflammatory process has direct effects on normal and abnormal wound healing. Hypertrophic scar formation is an aberrant form of wound healing and is an indication of an exaggerated function of fibroblasts and excess accumulation of extracellular matrix during wound healing. Two cytokines-transf...