Chest keloids: effect of surgical excision and adjuvant radiotherapy on recurrence, a systematic review and meta‐analysis
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DOI: 10.1111/ans.16561
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… read more here.
Keywords: excision adjuvant; radiotherapy; chest keloids; adjuvant radiotherapy ... See more keywords
Early outcomes of complete excision followed by immediate postoperative single fractional 10 Gy for anterior chest keloids: A preliminary results
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DOI: 10.1111/iwj.13996
Abstract: Treatment of chest keloids is challenging. The aim of this study is to present our experience using surgical excision followed by postoperative single fractional 10 Gy radiotherapy for recurrent anterior chest keloids on the same… read more here.
Keywords: anterior chest; excision followed; postoperative single; chest keloids ... See more keywords
Large chest keloids treatment with expanded parasternal intercostal perforator flap
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DOI: 10.1186/s12893-021-01116-3
Abstract: Background Chest keloids often converged into a large lesion on the chest in some patients. Such keloids often lead to obstacle to excision and reconstruction. We describe a surgical method for large chest keloids with… read more here.
Keywords: large chest; perforator flap; expanded parasternal; chest keloids ... See more keywords