Radiotherapy in the treatment of keloids in East Africa

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dc.contributor.authorEdsmyr, F.
dc.contributor.authorLarson, L. G
dc.contributor.authorOnyango, J.
dc.contributor.authorWanguru, S.
dc.contributor.authorWood, M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-09T12:21:17Z
dc.date.available2021-11-09T12:21:17Z
dc.date.issued1973-08
dc.descriptionINTRODUCTION Keloids are particularly common in Africa and because they are often large and invalidizing they present a serious problem of medical care. In East Africa kcloids have hitherto been treated surgically and the frequency of recurrence would seem to have been high (Bourrel, Resillot, Colomar a nd Piquard 1). The present study was undertaken with the object of examining the results of treatment of keloids in East Africa by surgery or radiotherapy alone, and by surgery followed by radiotherapy.en_US
dc.description.abstractSUMMARY Seventy nine patients (73 Africans and six Asians) with 138 keloids, have been treated at Department of Radiotherapy, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi and followed at least two months after the completion of the treatment. The treatment has been surgical excision, radiotherapy, surgical excision and postoperative radiotherapy or no treatment. Excision and postoperative radiotherapy immediately after the operation give the best results. Excision alone, gives extremely poor results. Radiotherapy alone gives objective reduction of the keloid and ameliion of symptoms.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.amref.ac.ke/handle/123456789/347
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEast African Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;Vol. 50 No. 8
dc.subjectKenyatta National Hospitalen_US
dc.subjectRadiotherapyen_US
dc.subjectKeloidsen_US
dc.subjectEast Africaen_US
dc.subjectRadiationen_US
dc.titleRadiotherapy in the treatment of keloids in East Africaen_US
dc.typeArticle, Journalen_US

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