April 2020 HSC Section 4 - Plastic and Reconstructive Problems

Annals of Plastic Surgery • Volume 83, Number 2, August 2019

Keloid Excision and Adjuvant Treatments

FIGURE 5. Forest plot for excision + 1 adjuvant drug versus excision + 2 adjuvant drugs.

FIGURE 6. Forest plot for excision + 1 adjuvant drug versus excision + radiation.

FIGURE 7. Forest plot steroid versus IFN as adjuvant treatments following excision.

FIGURE 8. Network graph of the 14 studies. The size of the node is proportional to the number of subjects contributed to that drug. Each edge connecting 2 nodes represents a direct comparison between the 2 drugs. The thickness of the edge is proportional to the number of studies investigating the relationship.

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