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Background: Documentations of the effect of treatment on the quality of life of keloid patients are few. This study assessedimprovement in quality-of-lifefollowing keloid treatment. In addition, to assess which of the offered four modalities of treatment improved quality of life more.Methods:Thisquasi-experimentalstudy was conducted on 32 adults who had treatment for keloid disease in the clinic from February 2019 to January 2020. This was part of a comparative study of four different modalities of keloid treatment. The quality of life was assessed before and after treatment using the Dermatology Life Quality Index questionnaire (DLQI). Data was analyzed using SPSS version 23.0Results:Quality of life significantly improved after treatment with the mean ± SD DLQI score improving from 7.75 ± 6.15 to 4.16 ± 4.93, p=0.001. Quality of life before treatment was impaired in 93.7% and improved to 65.6%. Before treatment, 2 patients had no QOLimpairment but this improved to 11 patients after treatment. Prior to treatment, severely impaired QOLwas in recorded 28.1% of thepatient's and in 9.4% after treatment. Quality of life improved more in patients who had the combined intralesional triamcinolone acetonide and 5-flourouracil treatment. Significant improvement in the DLQI items of symptomatology, embarrassment, social activity and choice of clothing was noted.Conclusion:Treatment of keloid improves quality of life and this is dependent on the modality of treatment. The items of quality of life improved include; embarrassment, choice of clothing, interference with socialactivities, symptoms of pain and pruritus.
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Humans , Male , Female , Quality of Life , Signs and Symptoms , Dermatology , Keloid , DiagnosisABSTRACT
The management of keloids remains a difficult clinical problem. This article is a review of the current methods available for the treatment of keloids. Online search was made on review articles and other publications on keloids mainly from PubMed (search results from National Center for Biotechnology Information at the US National Library of Medicine [NLM]) and African Journals Online. A review of the selected articles was carried out. The various methods of treatment available suggest that there is still no one method that is completely satisfactory. Currently; combination therapy using surgical excision followed by intralesional steroid or other adjuvant therapy appears to yield the best results for keloidal management
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Disease Management , Keloid/therapy , ReviewABSTRACT
Contexte : les cicatrices chéloïdiennes sont fréquentes chez le sujet noir africain et particulièrement en Côte d'Ivoire. La prise en charge mal codifiée, et la chronicité sont responsable des récidives fréquentes. Objectif: Evaluer la prise en charge des cicatrices chéloïdiennes en vue d'une codification. Matériels et méthodes :Cette étude a été réalisée au Service de Dermatologie du CHU de Treichville. Il s'agit d'une étude thérapeutique à visée pronostique sur une période d'un an. Ont été inclus tous les patients présentant une cicatrice chéloïdienne et ayant donné leur consentement pour participer à l'étude. Résultats : L'étude a permis de noter que:- la moyenne d'âge était de 28 ans sans prédominance de sexe - le traitement le plus utilisé était l'association chirurgie et les infiltrations de corticoïde retard dans 66% des cas. - nous avons obtenu un très bon résultat dans 73% des cas- l'évolution avait été très bonne dans 90,5% avec la triple association : les infiltrations, la chirurgie et la presso thérapie. Conclusion: La méthode thérapeutique associant les infiltrations de corticoïde retard à la chirurgie et à un autre moyen thérapeutique donne de meilleurs résultats. Elle devrait se faire en fonction des caractéristiques cliniques de la cicatrice chéloïdienne