Publications on the Efficacy of Silicone Gel for Treatment of Scars

Silicone Gel Scar Treatment
Quinn KJ / Controlled Therapeutics (Scotland) Ltd, East Kilbridge
Burns, Including Thermal Injury (England) Oct 1987, 13 Suppl S323-40

Topical Silicone Gel Sheetin gin the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids:
A Dermatological Experience
Gold MH / Journal of Dermatology - Surgical Oncology 1993; 19:912-916

Treatment of Hypertrophic and Keloid Scars with Silastic Gel Sheeting
Dockery GL, Nilson RZ
Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery 1994 Mar-Apr; 33 2:110

Topical Silicone Gel: A New Treatment for Hypertrophic Scars
Ahn ST, Monafo W, Mustoe TA
Surgery 1989 Oct, 106 4:781-786

Silicone Gel in the Treatment of Keloids
Murdoch GE, Salisbury JA, Gibson JR
ACTA Derm. Venereal 1990, 70/2 (181-183)

The Use of Silicone Gel in the Control of Hypertrophic Scarring
McNee J / Physiotherapy 1990, 76/4 (194-197)

Silicone Occlusive Sheeting (SOS) in the Management of Hypertrophic Scarring, Including the Possible Mode of Action of Silcone
Hirshowitz B, et al (1993)
European Journal of Plastic Surgery, 16: 5-9

Silicone Gel: a New Treatment for Burn Scars and Contractures
Perkins K, Davey RB, Wallis KA
Burns 1982; p 201-204

Treating Hypertrophic Scars with Silicone Gel. A Preliminary Report of a Trial of Silastic Gel in the Treatment of Patients with Hypertrophic Burn Scars
Carney SA, Cason CG, Gowas JP
Journal of Wound Care 1993; 2:197-198

Evidence That Use of a Silicone Sheet Increases Range of Motion Over Burn Wound Contracutres
Wessling N, Ehleben CM, Chapman V, May SR, Still JM
Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation 1985/6, p503-5

Silicone Gel Appears Inexplicably to Flatten and Lighten Hypertrophic Scars from Burns
Kim TF / JAMA (US) May 12, 1989, 261 (18) p2600

Non-pressure Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars
Quinn KJ, Evans JH, Courtney JM, Gaylor JDS, Reid WH
Burns 1985; 102-108

Oncologic Applications for Silicone Gel Sheets in Soft Tissue Contractures
Burkhardt A, Weitz J
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, May 1991, 45: 460-2

Silicone Gel in the Treatment of Keloid Scars
Mercer NSG / British Journal of Plastic Surgery 1989, 42: 83-87