Michael H. Tirgan
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View article: Comprehensive Update on Keloid Management
Comprehensive Update on Keloid Management Open
Background: Keloids remain one of the most challenging conditions in cutaneous wound healing, marked by complex pathophysiology and notoriously high recurrence rates. Although a universally accepted standard of care is still lacking, recen…
View article: Leveraging Machine Learning and Clinical Data to Predict Response to Intralesional Corticosteroids in Keloid Patients
Leveraging Machine Learning and Clinical Data to Predict Response to Intralesional Corticosteroids in Keloid Patients Open
Background Intralesional corticosteroid injections (ILCS) are a common treatment for keloid lesions; however, many patients exhibit resistance, and some experience worsening of their keloids following treatment. Objective To develop a mach…
View article: Massive ear keloids: Natural history, evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for preventive measures – A retrospective case series
Massive ear keloids: Natural history, evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for preventive measures – A retrospective case series Open
Keloid disorder (KD) is an inherited wound healing ailment, frequently seen among Africans /African Americans and Asians. Genetics of this disorder continues to be obscure and poorly understood. Clinical manifestation of KD is quite variab…
View article: Aberrant connective tissue differentiation towards cartilage and bone underlies human keloids in African Americans
Aberrant connective tissue differentiation towards cartilage and bone underlies human keloids in African Americans Open
Keloids are benign fibroproliferative tumors more frequently found among African Americans. Until now, keloid etiopathogenesis is not fully understood. To characterize keloids in African Americans, we performed transcriptional profiling of…
View article: Massive ear keloids: Natural history, evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for preventive measures – A retrospective case series
Massive ear keloids: Natural history, evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for preventive measures – A retrospective case series Open
Keloid disorder (KD) is an inherited wound healing ailment, frequently seen among Africans /African Americans and Asians. Genetics of this disorder continues to be obscure and poorly understood. Clinical manifestation of KD is quite variab…
View article: Neck keloids: evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for keloid staging system
Neck keloids: evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for keloid staging system Open
Importance: Health care providers have long struggled with recurrent and hard to treat keloids. Advancing our understanding of natural history and risk factors for development of large, very large and massive neck keloids can lead to impro…
View article: Neck keloids: evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for keloid staging system
Neck keloids: evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for keloid staging system Open
Importance: Health care providers have long struggled with recurrent and hard to treat keloids. Advancing our understanding of natural history and risk factors for development of large, very large and massive neck keloids can lead to impro…