Open AccessSurgical Excision and Adjuvant Brachytherapy vs External Beam Radiation for the Effective Treatment of Keloids: 10-Year Institutional Retrospective Analysis
Author(s) -
Don Hoang,
Robert Reznik,
Matt Orgel,
Quanlin Li,
Amin Mirhadi,
David A. Kulber
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aesthetic surgery journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.528
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1527-330X
pISSN - 1090-820X
DOI - 10.1093/asj/sjw124
Subject(s) - medicine , keloid , brachytherapy , surgery , surgical excision , radiation therapy , external beam radiotherapy , retrospective cohort study , radiology
Surgically excised keloids reportedly recur at a rate of >45%. Post-excision radiation (RT) has been delivered via external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or interstitial high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy. Despite historical data showing 10% to 20% keloid recurrences with post-excision RT, there is a paucity of high-quality evidence comparing keloid recurrences between the two RT modalities.
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