Ms Murphy delivered a talk titled ‘Life Under the Knife’ to illustrate the need to view each patient differently, including different scarring reactions to surgical procedures. Ms Murphy briefly described how wounds are classified, and outlined the phases of wound healing. She also discussed hypertrophic scars as “the next level” in scarring: “The difference between keloids and hypertrophic scarring is, the hypertrophic scars are angry, bubbly, and itchy, but they will settle down in time. One of the research objectives going forward is to understand why this happens, said Ms Murphy. “This will further grow our level of engagement with Ms Murphy in terms of research collaboration,” said Prof Tobin.

Source: Irish Independent November 19, 2024 22:54 UTC