MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTROPIC SCARS AND KELIODS IN RURAL BASED MEDICAL COLLEGE JHALAWAR (RAJASTHAN) INDIA

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Dr Yogi Raj Nainpuria, Dr Shakeel Ahmed Khan, Dr Kuldeep Lodha, Dr Pradeep Prajapati, Dr Sanjay Kumar Porwal

OBJECTIVE:– The purpose of this study was to see various modulates of the Management of hypertrophic scars and keloids.

DATA SOURCES:– One hundred cases of hypertrophic scars and keloids collected from S.R.G. hospital and Jhalawar Medical

College Jhalawar .(Rajasthan)

STUDY SELECTION:–All studies concerning the clinical diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids were collected

during year 2015 to 2017.

DATA EXTRACTION:– Publications with clinically relevant data were selected for discussion in the article.

DATA SYNTHESIS:–Hypertrophic scars and keloids can pose a formidable therapeutic challenge. Numerous treatments are

available. These include intralesional corticosteroids injection ,topical applications,surgery,and most recently, laser therapy.

Silicone sheeting and cryotherapy are among the useful adjunctive agents for hypertrophic scar and keloid treatment. Surgery

provides an invasive but sometimes necessary alternative in the treatment of scars. Radiation therapy may have a role in the

treatment of recalcitrant lesions. Most recently, the pulsed–dye laser has been successfully used to treat keloids and hypertrophic

scars.

CONCLUSION:–Currently , no definitive therapy exists for the treatment of keloids and hypertrophic scars. The advent of laser

technology, particularly the pulsed–dye laser, appears to offer the best hope for successful treatment. Combination therapy seems

to offer increased efficacy.