Smart Scar Care-Industry 4.0 in Individualized Compression Garments: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We tested the workflow and comparability of compression garments (CG) automatically knitted from 3D-body-scan data (3DBSD) versus manually measured data for scar treatment. Industry 4.0 has found its way into surgery, enhancing the trend toward personalized medicine, which plays an increasingly important role in CG scar therapy. Therefore, we conducted a study to evaluate the workflow from 3DBSD to fast and precisely knitted CG and compared it with standard of care.

Methods

A randomized controlled crossover feasibility study was conducted as part of the individual medical technology research project "Smart Scar Care." Objective and patient-reported outcome measures were documented for 10 patients with hypertrophic burn scars at baseline and after wearing CG automa

SUBMITTER: Kisch T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8341268 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature