Journal Reviews

JPRAS (JOURNAL OF PLASTIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY) cover

A single blinded RCT comparing triamcinolone with 5-FU treatment for keloid scars

1 July 2019 | | Speech and Language Therapy | 5-fluorouracil, Immunohistochemistry, Keloid, Scar treatment, Triamcinolone

This single blinded RCT compared 43 patients with 50 symptomatic keloids that were randomised to two matched groups of 25 scars, receiving either 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) or current first line treatment, triamcinolone (TAC). The surgeon administering the injectable treatments was unblinded,...