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Chest keloids are a difficult sub‐group of scars to treat, likely secondary to the high wound tension in the area that promotes excessive fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition. Excision and… Click to show full abstract
Chest keloids are a difficult sub‐group of scars to treat, likely secondary to the high wound tension in the area that promotes excessive fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition. Excision and adjuvant radiotherapy has been demonstrated as an efficacious treatment for keloids in general, but no meta‐analysis exists to support the claims for chest keloids. This study aims to identify the rate of recurrence after surgical resection and radiotherapy on patients with chest keloids.
Keywords:
excision adjuvant;
radiotherapy;
chest keloids;
adjuvant radiotherapy;
meta analysis
Journal Title: ANZ Journal of Surgery
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: ANZ Journal of Surgery
Year Published: 2021
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