Early Differential Diagnosis Between Hypertrophic and Nonhypertrophic Healing

The development of scars in 121 burned children, 1-16 years old, was studied by examining 252 biopsies of granulation tissue. The range in age of the granulation tissue subsequent to the initial injury was from 20 to more than 120 days. The follow-up data of the patients spanned a period from 2 months to 4 years after burn. null One hundred of the patients developed hypertrophic scars and their granulation tissue showed collagen fibers in a...