Pressotherapy of a postoperative scar with the application of non-sterile silicone dressings in a 56-year-old woman treated for breast cancer in the Holycross Cancer Centre in Kielce
Paweł Macek
,
Małgorzata Terek-Derszniak
,
Anna Lipińska
,
Ewa Błaszkiewicz
,
Halina Król
,
Stanisław Głuszek
,
Stanisław Góźdź
Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne 2015; 31 (4): 281–285
Macek P, Terek-Derszniak M, Lipińska A, et al. Pressotherapy of a postoperative scar with the application of non-sterile silicone dressings in a 56-year-old woman treated for breast cancer in the Holycross Cancer Centre in Kielce. Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne. 2015;31(4):281-285. doi:10.5114/ms.2015.56671.
APA
Macek, P., Terek-Derszniak, M., Lipińska, A., Błaszkiewicz, E., Król, H., & Głuszek, S. et al. (2015). Pressotherapy of a postoperative scar with the application of non-sterile silicone dressings in a 56-year-old woman treated for breast cancer in the Holycross Cancer Centre in Kielce. Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne, 31(4), 281-285. https://doi.org/10.5114/ms.2015.56671
Chicago
Macek, Paweł, Małgorzata Terek-Derszniak, Anna Lipińska, Ewa Błaszkiewicz, Halina Król, Stanisław Głuszek, and Stanisław Góźdź. 2015. "Pressotherapy of a postoperative scar with the application of non-sterile silicone dressings in a 56-year-old woman treated for breast cancer in the Holycross Cancer Centre in Kielce". Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne 31 (4): 281-285. doi:10.5114/ms.2015.56671.
Harvard
Macek, P., Terek-Derszniak, M., Lipińska, A., Błaszkiewicz, E., Król, H., Głuszek, S., and Góźdź, S. (2015). Pressotherapy of a postoperative scar with the application of non-sterile silicone dressings in a 56-year-old woman treated for breast cancer in the Holycross Cancer Centre in Kielce. Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne, 31(4), pp.281-285. https://doi.org/10.5114/ms.2015.56671
MLA
Macek, Paweł et al. "Pressotherapy of a postoperative scar with the application of non-sterile silicone dressings in a 56-year-old woman treated for breast cancer in the Holycross Cancer Centre in Kielce." Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne, vol. 31, no. 4, 2015, pp. 281-285. doi:10.5114/ms.2015.56671.
Vancouver
Macek P, Terek-Derszniak M, Lipińska A, Błaszkiewicz E, Król H, Głuszek S et al. Pressotherapy of a postoperative scar with the application of non-sterile silicone dressings in a 56-year-old woman treated for breast cancer in the Holycross Cancer Centre in Kielce. Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne. 2015;31(4):281-285. doi:10.5114/ms.2015.56671.
Scarring is a natural process of wound healing. In some cases, however, there is formation of hypertrophic scars and keloids that are the result of collagen decomposition and synthesis. A disturbed scarring process causes functional, aesthetic, and psychological disorders in the patient. Silicone dressings in the form of plasters or gel are used in the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids. A case of pressotherapy of a postoperative scar with the use of non-sterile silicone dressings in a 56-year-old patient treated for breast cancer is described herein. The use of a 2-month pressotherapy of the scar resulted in an improvement in all the assessed parameters. Pressotherapy of the postoperative scar in the patient after mastectomy proved to be an effective and promising method. However, the methods of the scar assessment before and after treatment need objectivity.
Keywords
pressotherapy, hypertrophic scars, keloid, mastectomy, breast cancer