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标题：Correlation between dermal thickness and scar formation in female patients after thyroidectomy
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作者：Hong Il Kim ; Chan Yee Kwak ; Hyo Young Kim 等
期刊名称：Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
印刷版ISSN：2287-1152
出版年度：2018
卷号：19
期号：2
页码：120-126
DOI：10.7181/acfs.2018.01907
出版社：KoreaMed Synapse
摘要：Minimizing scarring has long been a challenge in plastic surgery. Factors affecting scar formation are well known, but the effect of some patient-specific factors such as dermal thickness remains unverified. Management of factors predictive of scarring can improve postoperative patient satisfaction and scar treatment. For 3 years, we used ultrasonography to measure dermal thickness in female patients who had undergone thyroidectomy for cancer at our hospital. We confirmed the influence of dermal thickness on hypertrophic scar formation and the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale scar score 6 months after surgery. There was a positive correlation between dermal thickness and scar score (p<0.05), and dermal thickness appears to be a cause of hypertrophic scar formation (p<0.05). Thick dermis was found to cause poor scar formation and hypertrophic scarring. Prediction of factors that can influence scar formation can be used to educate patients before surgery and can help in scar management and improvement in patient satisfaction.
关键词：Hypertrophic cicatrix;Skinfold thickness