TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Laser-Assisted Drug Delivery for Scars A1 - Waibel, Jill S. A1 - Rudnick, Ashley A1 - Niv, Dorene A1 - Gianatasio, Chloe A2 - Alam, Murad A2 - Dover, Jeffrey S. A2 - Waibel, Jill S. A2 - Arndt, Kenneth A. A2 - Kim, John Y. S. A2 - Thomas, J. Regan A2 - Gaball, Curtis W. A2 - Chan, Rodney K. Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Treatment of Scars From Burns and Trauma AB - Each year in the developed world, over 100 million scars are acquired from elective surgery, trauma, keloids, and burn injuries. Across the United States and the EU, there are 44- and 42 million procedures conducted respectively to improve these scars due to their substantial impact on quality of life. As scar severity increase, so does the potential for functional and symptomatic sequelae such as burning, itching, pain, discomfort, disfigurement, contracture, stigma, and social isolation. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176880387 ER -