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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-12-01
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Series: | Scars, Burns & Healing |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2059513119891113 |