Advertisement
-
1
Kwiecinski MG, Reinherz RP: Keloids and hypertrophic scars in the foot. .J Foot Surg 26::293. ,1987. .
-
2
Haverstock BD: Hypertrophic scars and keloids. .Clin Podiatr Med Surg 18::147. ,2001. .
-
3
McDowell BA: Carbon dioxide laser excision of benign pedal lesions. .Clin Podiatr Med Surg 9::617. ,1992. .
-
4
Dockery GL, Nilson RZ: Treatment of hypertrophic and keloid scars with SILASTIC Gel Sheeting. .J Foot Ankle Surg 33::110. ,1994. .
-
5
Catanzariti AR, Wehman D: Rotational skin flap for treatment of hypertrophic plantar scars. .J Foot Surg 27::124. ,1988. .
-
6
Henderson DL, Cromwell TA, Mes LG: Argon and carbon dioxide laser treatment of hypertrophic and keloid scars. .Lasers Surg Med 3::271. ,1984. .
-
7
Bell E, Ehrlich HP, Buttle DJ, et al: Living tissue formed in vitro and accepted as skin-equivalent tissue of full thickness. .Science 211::1052. ,1981. .
-
8
Falanga VJ: Tissue engineering in wound repair. .Adv Skin Wound Care 13: (suppl 2):15. ,2000. .
-
9
Kirsner RS: The use of Apligraf in acute wounds. .J Dermatol 25::805. ,1998. .
-
10
Hayes DW, Webb GE, Mandracchia VJ, et al: Full-thickness burn of the foot: successful treatment with Apligraf: a case report. .Clin Podiatr Med Surg 18::179. ,2001. .
Carbon Dioxide Laser and Apligraf for a Painful Plantar Hypertrophic Scar
We report on a patient with a large, painful hypertrophic scar on the plantar aspect of the left foot who was treated with carbon dioxide laser and a skin substitute (Apligraf) and followed up for longer than 1 year. To our knowledge, no other case reports have been published on the use of a skin substitute to gain coverage and resolution after excision of a hypertrophic scar by carbon dioxide laser. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 94(1): 61-64, 2004)
