Effectiveness of postoperative superficial radiotherapy following the keloid-cross-flap surgery for auricular keloid: A prospective cohort study.

Background And Purpose: Retaining partial keloid skin to make cross flaps (keloid-cross-flap surgery) is a modification of the core excision. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of superficial radiotherapy versus compression therapy after keloid-cross-flap surgery.

Materials And Methods: In this prospective cohort study, auricular keloid patients were consecutively screened from January 2019 to December 2021.