There should be no delineation between an ‘acute phase’ and a ‘rehabilitation phase’[ 2 ] as this idea can promote the inequality of a secondary disjointed scar management and/or functional rehabilitation team.[ 3 ] However, for the ease of following a pathway of patient care, the stages of rehabilitation have been divided into early stages and later stages of rehabilitation; although, it must be understood that there may be significant crossover between these two stages depending on the individual patient.
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