Comparison of the Effectiveness of Ablative and Non-Ablative Fractional Laser Treatments for Early Stage Thyroidectomy Scars

Background Open thyroidectomy is conventionally performed at the anterior side of neck, which is a body part with a comparatively great degree of open exposure; due to this, postoperative scarring may cause distress in patients. We aimed to compare the effects of ablative and nonablative fractional...

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Main Authors: Jin-Uk Jang, Soo-Young Kim, Eul-Sik Yoon, Woo-Kyung Kim, Seung-Ha Park, Byung-Il Lee, Deok-Woo Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2016-11-01
Series:Archives of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.5999/aps.2016.43.6.575