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DERMATOLOGÍA PRÁCTICA
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Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitari Sagrat Cor, Grupo Hospitalario Quirónsalud, Barcelona, España
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Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, España
PALABRAS CLAVE Resumen Las cicatrices por quemadura suponen una elevada morbilidad en forma de contrac-
Quemaduras; turas, desfiguración corporal y prurito, así como un elevado impacto emocional que disminuye
Cicatrices; la calidad de vida de estos pacientes. Los dispositivos láser se han mostrado eficaces para su
Cicatrices tratamiento, por encima de los tratamientos tópicos y complementarios a la cirugía, sin gene-
hipertróficas; rar tanta morbilidad. Sin embargo, su uso en los departamentos de dermatología hospitalarios
Láser CO2 ; todavía está poco extendido. El láser más utilizado es el láser CO2 para tratar el grosor de la
Láser colorante cicatriz, alteraciones texturales, y la posible contractura asociada, restaurando la movilidad de
pulsado estos pacientes cuando se encuentra alterada. El láser de colorante pulsado es especialmente
útil ante las cicatrices de quemaduras recientes con componente eritematoso y para prevenir
el desarrollo de cicatrices hipertróficas posteriores. La hiperpigmentación puede mejorar con
láseres de pigmento en modalidades de pulso corto (nano- y picosegundos). Revisamos la evi-
dencia de estos dispositivos para el tratamiento de las cicatrices por quemaduras y aportamos
una propuesta de algoritmo terapéutico.
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subsequent hypertrophy. Pigment laser treatments with short pulse durations (nanoseconds or
picoseconds) can improve hyperpigmentation. In this article, we review the evidence for the
use of laser therapy for burn scars and propose a treatment algorithm.
© 2022 AEDV. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC
BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Figura 4 Algoritmo terapéutico de las cicatrices por quemadura. *Láser de elección; ms: milisegundos; LPI: luz pulsada intensa;
LCP: láser de colorante pulsado; LFA: láser fraccionado ablativo; LFNA: láser fraccionado no ablativo; QS: Q-switched (nano- o
picosegundos); VFAL: vehiculización de fármacos asistida por láser.
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