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Liu et al. Plast Aesthet Res 2017;4:92-6 Plastic and
DOI: 10.20517/2347-9264.2017.26
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Topic: Keloid and its Treatment Open Access
Inflatable pressure garment device for

pressure therapy after chest wall keloid

operation and radiotherapy

Shu Liu *, Ke-Xin Song *, You-Bin Wang
1
2
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1 China Meitan General Hospital Affiliated to North China University of Science and Technology, Beijing 100028, China.
2 Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100032, China.
*Authors contributed equally.
Correspondence to: Dr. You-Bin Wang. Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100032, China.
E-mail: wybenz@sina.com
How to cite this article: Liu S, Song KX, Wang YB. Inflatable pressure garment device for pressure therapy after chest wall keloid operation and
radiotherapy. Plast Aesthet Res 2017;4:92-6.

Dr. You-Bin Wang is an outstanding Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Peking Union Medical College
Hospital. He is famous in keloid treatment and study. He has invented many new surgical methods in keloid treatment
and has published many articles in this field. He is also good at cleft lip surgery, nose reconstructive surgery and
breast reconstruction.

ABSTRACT
Article history: Aim: Keloids often occur on the chest wall, with high recurrence rates despite surgery and
Received: 21-03-2017 radiotherapy. Garment pressure therapy is commonly used to treat hypertrophic scars and
Accepted: 04-05-2017 keloids. Irregularity of the chest wall surface can inhibit the effects of the garment pressure
Published: 16-06-2017 therapy. This clinical study is to determine the effect of inflatable pressure garment in preventing
keloid recurrence after keloid operation and radiotherapy. Methods: Chest wall keloid was
Key words: removed and radiotherapy was administered at the surgical sites on the 1st and 7th postoperative
Chest wall keloid, days in 61 patients. An inflatable pressure garment device was designed and its pressure effect
inflatable pressure garment device, was confirmed by comparing it with the general pressure garment at the sites of the right and
pressure therapy left infraclavicular area, manubrium and sternal area between breasts. The keloid patients
were treated with inflatable pressure garment device 1 month after the operation. The clinical
results were observed. Results: The detected pressures were 0.26 ± 0.21, 0.49 ± 0.16, 0.53 ± 0.10
and 0.91 ± 0.17 kPa at the sites of the right infraclavicular area, the manubrium area, the left
infraclavicular area and sternal area between breasts with the general pressure garment. These
were obvious lower (P < 0.05) than that generated with the inflatable pressure garment device of
which the average pressures were 7.26 ± 0.41, 7.6 ± 0.32, 9.02 ± 0.54 and 10.31 ± 0.14 kPa at the
corresponding sites. Sixty-one patients were treated with this device after keloid surgical excision
and radiotherapy. Satisfactory results were observed. Conclusion: Appropriate and effective
pressure can be generated with inflatable pressure garment on the chest wall. This device may
be useful in preventing chest wall keloid recurrence after keloid operation and radiotherapy.
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