Abstract
Between October 1985 and June 1992 Postoperative keloids of 125 Patients were treated with superficial X-ray (100–140 Kv) and electron beam (6 and 9 MeV ), in an attempt to prevent their recurrence, 100 patients with 129 sites received a dose of 1200 – 4000 cGy at 200 – 300 cGy per fraction within one to four weeks and at intervals of one to three weeks between excision and irradiation. Rate of success in the prevention of keloid was only 28. 6% (37/129). However, 25 patients with 25 sites received a total dose of 1500 cGy at 500 cGy per fraction starting within one week after excision and at intervals of 96 hours. The success rate was 84% (21/25).
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