Influence of scar age, laser type and laser treatment intervals on adult burn scars: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Yangmyung Ma ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yangmyung.ma2@nhs.net

  ¶‡ YM and SPB share co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1118-2164

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• Sabrina P. Barnes ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ YM and SPB share co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Hull York Medical School, York, United Kingdom

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• Yung-Yi Chen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Naiem S. Moiemen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Scar Free Foundation Centre for Burns Research, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Janet M. Lord,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Scar Free Foundation Centre for Burns Research, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Amanda V. Sardeli

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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