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
Early PDL treatment of HBS is safe and shows improvement for patient-rated scar quality but not QoL at six months. As scar maturation is prolonged and dynamic, longer-term follow-up of upwards of two years is required both to understand the eventual clinical effect on scar outcome and to make any definitive conclusion concerning cost-effectiveness.
Authors
- Christopher J. Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-3792)
- Shelley Rhodes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-8759)
- Quentin Frew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2492-1635)
- Vanessa Heaslip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2037-4002)
- Kayvan Shokrollahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1044-7781)
- M.P. Brewin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4456-5885)
- Katie Breheny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6886-4049)
- Sharon Docherty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3209-1560)
- Obioha Chukwunyere Ukoumunne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0551-9157)
- Jonathon Pleat
- Naomi C Burnett-Fry
- Kate M Attrill
Institutions
- North Bristol NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Mersey Care NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Salford (GB)
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Bournemouth University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Burns
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2025.107500
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Dermatologic Treatments and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.01
Funders
- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula