SynthesisLasers in medical science2022
Efficacy and safety of laser combination therapy and laser alone therapy for keloid: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Lasers in medical science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Safety of Excision Combination Therapies for Earlobe Keloids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2024Pooled it
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- Efficacy and Safety of Silicone Gel Plus Laser Therapy for Scar: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Comparative Efficacy and Recurrence of Combination Therapies in Keloid Management: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of laser alone therapy and laser combination therapy (mainly combined with other kinds of laser or steroids) for keloid.PubMed, Embase and Web of Science were searched for relevant articles from inception to June 2020. Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software 2.0 (CMA) was used to perform the meta-analysis.A total of 29 articles were included in this meta-analysis. During the mean follow-up of 14 (1-84) months, the overall improvement rates of baseline Vancouver scar scale (VSS) score and itch were 0.454 (95%CI 0.351-0.561, I
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