Abstract
Cosmesis as a treatment outcome measure has traditionally been neglected in general, confer cosmetic, surgery. The standard of surgical care has direct implications on the healing (and thus cosmetic outcome) of the wound. Prognosis is, however, limited by the mammalian tendency to repair, rather than to regenerate, injured tissues. This paper seeks to review (1) clinical approaches that may improve tissue-level wound healing and (2) pre-clinical research that may manipulate cellular-level wound healing.
[1] Sham LW (2009). Cosmesis in general surgery: current concepts. Australasian journal of cosmetic surgery. In prep.
© Leo W Sham, MMVIII
Cosmesis as a treatment outcome measure has traditionally been neglected in general, confer cosmetic, surgery. The standard of surgical care has direct implications on the healing (and thus cosmetic outcome) of the wound. Prognosis is, however, limited by the mammalian tendency to repair, rather than to regenerate, injured tissues. This paper seeks to review (1) clinical approaches that may improve tissue-level wound healing and (2) pre-clinical research that may manipulate cellular-level wound healing.
[1] Sham LW (2009). Cosmesis in general surgery: current concepts. Australasian journal of cosmetic surgery. In prep.
© Leo W Sham, MMVIII
