Amir Abdulaziz Mohammed Alshehari

Comparative study between intralesional steroid injection and silicone sheet versus silicone sheet alone in the treatment of pathologic scars / دراسة مقارنة بين حقن الستيرويد داخل الندبات و شرائح السيليكون مقابل شرائح السيليكون وحدها في علاج الندبات المرضية Amir Abdulaziz Mohammed Alshehari ; Supervised Maamoun Ismail Maamoun , Wessam Samir Wahdan - Cairo : Amir Abdulaziz Mohammed Alshehari , 2012 - 113 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery

Pathologic scars present a difficult management problem for physician searching for optimal therapeutic approach. To compare the clinical response of hypertrophic scars after treatment with intralesional steroid injection combined with silicone sheet versus silicone sheet alone. The study was a randomized, prospective study. Twenty patients were treated with intralesional injection triamcinolone acetonide by dermo-jet combined with silicone sheet, and ten patients were treated with silicone sheet alone



Hypertrophic scars Silicone sheet Triamcinolone acetonide