Reply: tension shielding with the embrace device: does it really improve scars?

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Geoffrey C Gurtner et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;134(4):664e-666e.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000560.

¹ Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif., longaker@stanford.edu.

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The embrace device significantly decreases scarring following scar revision surgery in a randomized controlled trial.
Lim AF, Weintraub J, Kaplan EN, Januszyk M, Cowley C, McLaughlin P, Beasley B, Gurtner GC, Longaker MT. Lim AF, et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Feb;133(2):398-405. doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000436526.64046.d0. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014. PMID: 24105084 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Tension shielding with the embrace device: does it really improve scars?
Swanson E. Swanson E. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Oct;134(4):662e-664e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000568. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014. PMID: 25357067 No abstract available.

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