November 1, 1997Journal of the American Academy of DermatologyOpen Access

Recurrence rates of excised keloids treated with postoperative triamcinolone acetonide injections or interferon alfa-2b injections

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Abstract

Postoperative TAC injections do not reduce the number of keloid recurrences. However, injection of keloid excision sites with IFN-alpha 2b offers a therapeutic advantage over keloid excision.

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Berman et al. (1997) studied this question.

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Abstract

Postoperative TAC injections do not reduce the number of keloid recurrences. However, injection of keloid excision sites with IFN-alpha 2b offers a therapeutic advantage over keloid excision.