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Surgical Excision and Postoperative Radiotherapy for Chest Keloids: A Case Series |
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Komala Abhishek Reddy, Ashish Kumar Gupta, Shashank Lamba 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. 2. Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. 3. Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. |
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Correspondence Address : Dr. Komala Abhishek Reddy, Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore-632002, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: karonline@gmail.com |
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: Keloids are a common fibroproliferative disorder and various medical and surgical treatment options are available for managing them. However, some keloids can be resistant to these treatments. In such cases, the current recommendation is to perform surgical excision followed by early radiotherapy to reduce the risk of recurrence. A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients who underwent keloid excision at a tertiary care centre between January 2011 and December 2020. The study included 10 patients (2 females, 8 males) with a mean follow-up period of five years. Unfortunately, all keloids recurred, with the average time to recurrence being approximately two years postsurgery. After a recurrence, all patients received conservative management. It is suggested that ethnicity may contribute to the high recurrence rate observed. Further studies, including randomised controlled trials from the Indian subcontinent, are needed to determine the most effective treatment options for keloids. | |||||||
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| Keywords : Fibroblasts, Radiation, Scars, Skin graft, Surgery | |||||||
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DOI: 10.7860/IJARS/2025/75009.3041
Date of Submission: Sep 07, 2024 Date of Peer Review: Nov 06, 2024 Date of Acceptance: Jan 01, 2025 Date of Publishing: Mar 01, 2025 AUTHOR DECLARATION: • Financial or Other Competing Interests: None • Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? Yes • For any images presented appropriate consent has been obtained from the subjects. Yes PLAGIARISM CHECKING METHODS: • Plagiarism X-checker: Sep 11, 2024 • Manual Googling: Dec 24, 2024 • iThenticate Software: Dec 30, 2024 (4%) ETYMOLOGY: Author Origin EMENDATIONS: 6 |
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