TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Mohammed Badr Eldin Ali AU - Ali Moftah Aziz , AU - Amr Bastawisy Ahmed , AU - Mohammed Mahmoud Elesawy , TI - Study of configuration of hypertrophic and keloid scars in poststernotomy scars and prophylaxis by silicone sheets / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Mohammed Badr Eldin Ali , KW - Hypertrophic KW - Keloid scars KW - Poststernotomy scars N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - From the study, the following conclusions seem justified: Hpertrophic and keloid scars could occur everywhere in the body; however, the sternum is one of the commonest sites to develop hypertrophic and keloid scars especially following median sternotomy incision. The lower half of the sternotomy wound is more susceptible to develop hypertrophic and keloid scars than the upper half, regardless of the suture materials used in skin closure UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -