Prof Vanessa Heaslip V.A.Heaslip@salford.ac.uk
Professor
Early Laser for Burn Scars (EL4BS)
People Involved
Early Laser for Burn Scars (ELABS) - Randomised controlled trial of pulsed dye laser treatment and standard care versus standard care alone for the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars (2025)
Journal Article
Background
Hypertrophic burn scarring (HBS) is described as “the greatest unmet challenge after burn injury”. This ELABS trial hypothesised that early pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatment of HBS improves both scar quality and quality of life (QoL).
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