A Retrospective Registry Study Evaluating the Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Superficial Radiation Therapy Following Excision of Keloid Scars.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment of keloid scars is associated with an approximately 70% recurrence rate at the excision site. OBJECTIVE: We sought to assess keloid recurrence rates when superficial radiation therapy (SRT) was applied following surgical excision. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed of subjects treated for keloid scars followed by SRT (SRT-100™; Sensus Healthcare, Boca Raton, Florida) using a biologically effective dose (BED) of 30Gy and for whom the required retrospective data was available. Eligible subjects (N=61) were treated for 96 keloid scars with SRT. Subjects were male (48%) and female (52%) with a mean age of 38.87 years. Subjects were treated for ≥1 keloid scars following removal by sutured excision (93%) or tangential excision with secondar

SUBMITTER: Berman B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840087 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature