Scars

This unique medical guide focuses on scars. The impact of scars is often underestimated and rarely discussed, and they are considered an inevitable side effect of surgery or trauma.

Although therapies for distressing scars do exist, many are based on myths rather than evidence. This strongly practice-oriented book provides step-by-step instructions with scales and measuring instruments for assessing scars. Featuring brief abstracts and summaries, this valuable reference resource benefits clinical professionals such as doctors and nurses alike. It will appeal to practitioners who want to understand the nature and background of planned treatments, and to non-experts who simply want to broaden their medical horizons.

Sebastian P. Nischwitz obtained his medical degree from Heidelberg University (Germany). After having attended a residency program in trauma surgery in Frankfurt am Main, and completing training as an emergency medicine specialist, he joined the Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Medical University Hospital of Graz (Austria). Before completing his board exams, he devoted his time to several research projects as project leader. Alongside his clinical engagement, he was also working for COREMED, a centre of Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH pursuing basic, preclinical and clinical research in regenerative medicine. Dr. Nischwitz’s main research interests are scars, ageing and aesthetic surgery, he contributed to many national and international conferences and published in and reviews for several international journals.

Lars-Peter Kamolz M.Sc. has studied Medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria and Knowledge and Communication Management at the Danube University in Krems, Austria. He is a Board certified Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon. He was the Head of the Vienna Burn Centre and Coordinator of the Vienna Skin Bank, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna from 2006 to 2010. From 2010 to 2012 he was the Section Head of the Section of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, LKH Wr. Neustadt and Senior Consultant for Plastic Surgery at the LKH Baden, LKH Mödling and LKH Neunkirchen. Since May 2012 he is Professor and Head of the Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz. Since 2013 is Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the LKH-University Hospital Graz and since 2018 Director of COREMED – Center of Regenerative Medicine at JOANNEUM RESERCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. He is member of the Editorial Board of various international journals like BURNS, Burn Care and Research, and Annals of Plastic Surgery.

Ludwik K. Branski obtained his medical degree from the University of Bonn (Germany) and his Master of Medical Sciences degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. In addition to completing a residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Munich and Hannover, Dr. Branski completed a clinical fellowship in Acute Burns and Burn Reconstruction at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Galveston. He also completed a postdoctoral training in translational burns research at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Galveston. In 2013, Dr. Branski returned to the University of Texas Medical Branch and currently serves as an Associate Professor and Director of Plastic Surgery Research, and as a staff surgeon at Shriners Hospitals for Children, where he is an expert on the surgical reconstruction of severe burns. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Tissue Bank at Shriners Hospital. Dr. Branski’s research interests are in burn metabolism, hypertrophic scarring and burn reconstruction, CO₂ laser treatment for hypertrophic scarring, wound healing and burn wound infections.