Compression Therapy and Conservative Strategies in Scar Management After Burn Injury

Abstract

This chapter gives an overview of the different conservative therapeutic strategies that are mostly used in the rehabilitation of patients with severe scars after burn injury. These strategies include pressure therapy, the use of silicones, massage, the use of moisturizers, splinting and positioning, exercise, and mobilizations. Pressure and silicone therapy are the two most evidence-supported conservative treatments of (burn) scars, with compression therapy considered an evidence-based conservative intervention to treat the thickness of the scars. The other noninvasive treatment modalities have less supporting evidence. The relevance of these conservative therapeutic strategies will be situated within the field of the available scientific literature or guidelines.