Prospects for Use of Botulinum Toxin Type A for Prevention of Hypertrophic and Keloid Scars after Surgeries (Meta-analysis)

Natalia Korableva; Nikolay Romanenkov; Dmitriy Kremlev; Andrei Nekrasov; Maksim Miroshnichenko; Peter Arbekov

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1787175

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery ()

Prospects for Use of Botulinum Toxin Type A for Prevention of Hypertrophic and Keloid Scars after Surgeries (Meta-analysis)

Natalia Korableva,
Nikolay Romanenkov,
Dmitriy Kremlev,
Andrei Nekrasov,
Maksim Miroshnichenko,
Peter Arbekov

Affiliations

Natalia Korableva: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nikolay Romanenkov: ORCiD; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Dmitriy Kremlev: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Andrei Nekrasov: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Maksim Miroshnichenko: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Peter Arbekov: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1787175

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Objective To evaluate the possibility of improving and preventing the formation of postoperative hypertrophic and keloid scars using botulinum toxin type A (BTA).

Published in Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 0970-0358 (Print); 1998-376X (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00042863

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