[ASSESSMENT OF COMBINED PROPHYLAXIS OF PATHOLOGICAL POSTOPERATIVE FACE SKIN SCARS ACCORDING TO THE VANCOUVER SCALE].

The aim of the research was to study the effectiveness of combined prophylaxis of pathological postoperative face skin scars according to the Vancouver scale. The research involved 29 patients, aging 16-48 years old, who underwent maxillofacial surgery by extraoral accesses with wound primary intention healing. The patients were divided into three groups: the control group, which involved the patients, who after the surgery did not undergo any preventive measures to avoid pathological skin scars development, and two study groups.

[CLINICAL ESTIMATION OF THE PROPHYLAXIS EFFICACY FOR POSTOPERATIVE PATHOLOGICAL CICATRICES OF FACIAL SKIN].

Efficacy of combined prophylaxis of postoperative pathological cicatrices of facial skin was studied. Application of extracorporeal shock—wave therapy and the silicone gel Strataderm have had impacted the clinical characteristics of the facial skin postoperative cicatrix positively: a shock—wave therapy promoted a sutural tracks involution, аnd the silicone gel Strataderm — normalization of the postoperative cicatrix pigmentation.