Contractubex showed best results in the prevention of pathological scars .
BACKGROUND The treatment and prevention of  hypertrophic scars and keloids  represents a special challenge particularly in plastic surgery .
Given their simple , non-invasive and painless application , topical preparations are an attractive therapeutic option .
On the part of the patients , the efficacy in prevention of and therapy for hypertrophic scars and keloids of these topical preparations is regularly question ed .
The clarification of this issue is subject of this review .
Prevention of Postsurgical Scars: Comparsion of Efficacy and Convenience between Silicone Gel Sheet and Topical Silicone Gel
To date , few studies have compared the effectiveness of topical silicone gels versus that of silicone gel sheets in preventing scars . In this prospect i ve study , we compared the efficacy and the convenience of use of the 2 products . We enrolled 30 patients who had undergone a surgical procedure 2 weeks to 3 months before joining the study . These participants were r and omly assigned to 2 treatment arms : one for treatment with a silicone gel sheet , and the other for treatment with a topical silicone gel .  Vancouver Scar Scale ( VSS ) scores were obtained for all patients ; in addition , participants completed scoring patient question naires 1 and 3 months after treatment onset . Our results reveal not only that no significant difference in efficacy exists between the 2 products but also that topical silicone gels are more convenient to use . While previous studies have advocated for silicone gel sheets as first-line therapies in postoperative scar management , we maintain that similar effects can be expected with topical silicone gel . The authors recommend that , when clinicians have a choice of silicone-based products for scar prevention , they should focus on each patient 's scar location , lifestyle , and willingness to undergo scar prevention treatment . Graphical
Contractubex showed best results in the prevention of pathological scars .
BACKGROUND The treatment and prevention of  hypertrophic scars and keloids  represents a special challenge particularly in plastic surgery .
Given their simple , non-invasive and painless application , topical preparations are an attractive therapeutic option .
On the part of the patients , the efficacy in prevention of and therapy for hypertrophic scars and keloids of these topical preparations is regularly question ed .
The clarification of this issue is subject of this review .