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Record W4406868100 · doi:10.1089/wound.2024.0213

Treatment of Surgical Scars with Fractional Carbon Dioxide (CO <sub>2</sub> ) Laser: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2025· article· en· W4406868100 on OpenAlexaboutno aff
L.-F. Chen, Xu Han, Q. Wang, Peng Chen, Lin Wang, Xiao Qin

Bibliographic record

VenueAdvances in Wound Care · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicDermatologic Treatments and Research
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsRandomized controlled trialCarbon dioxideCarbon dioxide laserScarsMedicineLaserSurgeryLaser surgeryChemistryPhysicsOptics

Abstract

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Object: The aim of this study was to compare the long-term effects of fractional carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) laser treatment with traditional therapy on surgical scars by analyzing and comparing observational indicators. Approach: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 116 patients who received scar treatment in our hospital, of which 58 patients received fractional CO 2 laser treatment, and 58 patients received injection treatment. The outcome measures comprised the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) and the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS). The observation intervals occur at specific times. Evaluated at 6 months of follow-up, the outcome was blinded, on-site evaluation using the dermatological appearance scale (DAS) and visual analog scale (VAS). Results: Patients in the fractional carbon-dioxide laser (CO 2 FL) group rated better than those in the injection group in the POSAS, VSS, DAS, and VAS scores ( p < 0.05). The therapeutic efficacy and patients’ satisfaction of the research group were superior to those in the control group. Innovation: Scars following surgical procedures can be treated in a variety of methods, but there is no consensus on the best method. CO 2 FL has exhibited safety and is more effective than traditional injection treatments for surgical scars. It is a worthwhile approach to consider in clinical treatment. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that CO 2 FL achieves more significant long-term results in surgical scars, including improved scar appearance, safety, and patient satisfaction.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.004
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.004
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Randomized trial · Consensus signal: Randomized trial
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.005
Threshold uncertainty score0.020

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0040.004
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0040.002
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0020.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0050.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.008
GPT teacher head0.321
Teacher spread0.313 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designRandomized trial
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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