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Characterization strategies for the functional assessment of the cutaneous lesion

dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Luis Monteiro
dc.contributor.authorRoberto, Maria Angelica
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-30T10:18:29Z
dc.date.available2015-12-30T10:18:29Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractAssessment of wound healing is a complex task, especially when the lesion is associated to significant (full thickness) loss of the skin. The clinical observation, essentially subjective and highly dependent on the observer's experience, creates difficulties in the comparison of results. Scoring scales were introduced in the clinical practice to create comparable semi-quantitative data and promote better management of resources, but its usefulness in a clinical perspective is still limited. New non-invasive biometric methodologies, although infrequently used, have opened new possibilities. While complementing the clinical observation and contributing to therapeutic decisions and prognosis, they may also help to look further into the pathophysiological mechanisms of scarring drugs rehabilitation. Following previous work in this arena, the authors review, the state-of-the-art of cutaneous wound healing clinical and biometric follow up, proposing a diagnosis correlation for the most relevant descriptors found in both strategies in order to fully characterise the different stages of the healing process. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd and ISBI.
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dc.identifier.citationBURNS. - Vol. 32, n. 7 (NOV 2006), p. 797-801
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2006.03.022
dc.identifier.issn0305-4179
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/21619
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherELSEVIER SCI LTD
dc.subjectCritical Care Medicine
dc.subjectDermatology
dc.subjectSurgery
dc.titleCharacterization strategies for the functional assessment of the cutaneous lesion
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.startPage797por
oaire.citation.titleBURNSpor
oaire.citation.volumeVol. 32por
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