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Jun 1, 2017 · The Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS), which assesses pigmentation, vascularity, height, and pliability and is used to thoroughly review the clinimetric properties of burn scar rating scales, was the most widely adopted measure to rate scarring [12,13].
Sep 30, 2016 · The mean total score using the VSS for facial skin graft scar was 3.4±1.8. The mean total score using the observer component of POSAS for facial skin graft scar was 15.8±7.0 and that using the patient component of POSAS was 18.4±10.3 ( p =0.09) ( Fig. 1 ). Clinical images of skin graft scar.
What score on the Vancouver Scar Scale constitutes a hypertropic scar? Results from a survey of North American burn-care providers. Burns, 41, 1442-1448. The contents of this quick review were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90DP0012-01-00).
Oct 5, 2022 · Our review found scar scales were the most commonly employed method for assessment of therapeutic response, namely the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) initially intended only for burn scar evaluation , yet it has been frequently used to assess many scars regardless of etiology as has the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS).
for scars. In 1990, ‘The Vancouver Burn Scar Assessment Scale’ (2), described by Sullivan et al., devised the first burn scar assessment scale based on physical parameters to provide a more objective measure-ment of burn scars. They believed that a reliable, objective, and universal method of assessing burn scar is necessary to provide a ...
At every 4 weeks of the clinical study, scar conditions were assessed in terms of pigmen- tation, vascularity, pliability and height in accordance with the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) ( Figure 5 ...
Apr 14, 2024 · Vancouver Scar Scale. Introduced by Sullivan et al. in 1990, the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) became the first validated scar scale adopted into clinical practice for the assessment of burn scars . The VSS utilizes a semiquantitative approach to assess four physical parameters: scar height and thickness, pliability, vascularity, and pigmentation.
