Surgical excision and postoperative radiotherapy for keloids

Keloids can be treated in a number of ways, including by surgery. Multiple studies now show that while surgical monotherapy associates with extremely high rates of recurrence (50%–80%), postoperative radiotherapy can significantly reduce these recurrence rates. Ongoing improvements in radiation tech...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rei Ogawa, Mamiko Tosa, Teruyuki Dohi, Satoshi Akaishi, Shigehiko Kuribayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-12-01
Series:Scars, Burns & Healing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2059513119891113