A review of epidermal maturation arrest: a unique entity or another description of persistent granulation tissue?

Objective: To conduct a review of reported cases of epidermal maturation arrest and to compare their clinical and histological descriptions with that of persistent granulation tissue with a focus on diagnostic methods and response to treatment.

Methods: The authors performed a literature search within Pubmed, Embase, Google Scholar, and Web of Science for all reported cases of epidermal maturation arrest under the terms "epidermal maturation arrest," "epidermal arrest," "epidermal maturation," and "re-epithelialization maturation arrest." They reviewed the clinical and histological presentation of hypergranulation tissue as well as the evidence for the most widely used treatments.

Management of acute partial-thickness bums.

More than 1 million burns occur annually in the United States. The management of first-degree burns is limited to minor pain control whereas third-degree burns require skin grafting. However, second-degree/partial-thickness burns disrupt the epidermis and part of the dermis, thereby requiring acute wound care, pain control, and infection control.

Cigarette smoking and malignant melanoma: a case-control study.

Background: Several previous studies have reported inverse associations between cigarette smoking and melanoma. Often these studies have not adjusted for ultraviolet (UV) exposure history, skin type, or number of blistering sunburns, which could confound the observed associations between cigarette smoking and melanoma.

Objective: We sought to assess whether this reported inverse association persists after adjusting for UV exposure, skin type, and number of blistering sunburns.