Scars: A Practical Guide for Scar Therapy

這本獨特的醫學指南專注於疤痕。疤痕的影響常常被低估且很少被討論，它們被視為手術或創傷的不可避免的副作用。

儘管有一些針對令人困擾的疤痕的治療方法存在，但許多方法都是基於迷思而非證據。這本實踐導向的書提供了評估疤痕的逐步指導，包括量表和測量儀器。書中還包含簡要摘要和概述，對於醫生和護士等臨床專業人員非常有價值。它將吸引那些希望了解計劃治療的性質和背景的從業人員，以及那些只是想擴大他們的醫學視野的非專業人士。

Sebastian P. Nischwitz obtained his medical degree from Heidelberg University (Germany). After having attended a residency program in trauma surgery in Frankfurt am Main, and completing training as an emergency medicine specialist, he joined the Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Medical University Hospital of Graz (Austria). Before completing his board exams, he devoted his time to several research projects as project leader. Alongside his clinical engagement, he was also working for COREMED, a centre of Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH pursuing basic, preclinical and clinical research in regenerative medicine. Dr. Nischwitz's main research interests are scars, ageing and aesthetic surgery, he contributed to many national and international conferences and published in and reviews for several international journals.

Lars-Peter Kamolz M.Sc. has studied Medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria and Knowledge and Communication Management at the Danube University in Krems, Austria. He is a Board certified Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon. He was the Head of the Vienna Burn Centre and Coordinator of the Vienna Skin Bank, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna from 2006 to 2010. From 2010 to 2012 he was the Section Head of the Section of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, LKH Wr. Neustadt and Senior Consultant for Plastic Surgery at the LKH Baden, LKH Mödling and LKH Neunkirchen. Since May 2012 he is Professor and Head of the Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz. Since 2013 is Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the LKH-University Hospital Graz and since 2018 Director of COREMED - Center of Regenerative Medicine at JOANNEUM RESERCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. He is member of the Editorial Board of various international journals like BURNS, Burn Care and Research, and Annals of Plastic Surgery.

Ludwik K. Branski obtained his medical degree from the University of Bonn (Germany) and his Master of Medical Sciences degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. In addition to completing a residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Munich and Hannover, Dr. Branski completed a clinical fellowship in Acute Burns and Burn Reconstruction at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Galveston. He also completed a postdoctoral training in translational burns research at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Galveston. In 2013, Dr. Branski returned to the University of Texas Medical Branch and currently serves as an Associate Professor and Director of Plastic Surgery Research, and as a staff surgeon at Shriners Hospitals for Children, where he is an expert on the surgical reconstruction of severe burns. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Tissue Bank at Shriners Hospital. Dr. Branski's research interests are in burn metabolism, hypertrophic scarring and burn reconstruction, CO₂ laser treatment for hypertrophic scarring, wound healing and burn wound infections.

Sebastian P. Nischwitz在德國海德堡大學獲得醫學學位。在參加法蘭克福主要創傷外科住院醫師培訓計劃並完成緊急醫學專科培訓後，他加入了奧地利格拉茨醫學大學醫院的整形、美容和重建外科部門。在完成專科考試之前，他將時間投入到幾個研究項目中擔任項目負責人。除了臨床工作外，他還在Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH的COREMED中心從事再生醫學的基礎、臨床前和臨床研究。Nischwitz博士的主要研究興趣是疤痕、衰老和美容外科，他參加了許多國內外會議並在多個國際期刊上發表和審查文章。

Lars-Peter Kamolz在奧地利維也納大學學習醫學，並在奧地利克雷姆斯多瑙大學學習知識和溝通管理。他是經過認證的整形、美容和重建外科醫生。他曾在2006年至2010年擔任維也納燒傷中心主任和維也納皮膚銀行協調員，就職於維也納綜合醫院，維也納醫學大學。從2010年到2012年，他擔任維也納新斯塔特醫院外科部整形、美容和重建外科部門的部門主管，並擔任巴登醫院、默德林醫院和紐恩基興醫院的整形外科高級顧問。自2012年5月起，他擔任格拉茨醫學大學外科學系整形、美容和重建外科部門的教授和主任。自2013年起，他擔任格拉茨大學醫院副首席醫療官，並自2018年起擔任JOANNEUM RESERCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH的COREMED - 再生醫學中心主任。他是多個國際期刊的編輯委員會成員，如BURNS、Burn Care and Research和Annals of Plastic Surgery。

Ludwik K. Branski在德國波恩大學獲得醫學學位，並在德克薩斯州加爾維斯頓的德克薩斯醫學分部和Shriners兒童醫院獲得醫學科學碩士學位。除了在慕尼黑和漢諾威完成整形和重建外科住院醫師培訓外，Branski博士還在德克薩斯醫學分部和Shriners兒童醫院完成了急性燒傷和燒傷重建的臨床研究員培訓，並在Shriners兒童醫院完成了轉化性燒傷研究的博士後培訓。2013年，Branski博士回到德克薩斯醫學分部，目前擔任副教授和整形外科研究主任，並在Shriners兒童醫院擔任醫生，他是嚴重燒傷的手術重建專家。他還擔任Shriners醫院組織庫的醫學主任。Branski博士的研究興趣包括燒傷代謝、肥厚性瘢痕和燒傷重建、CO2激光治療肥厚性瘢痕、傷口癒合和燒傷傷口感染。