ADVANCES IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Online ISSN : 1347-6742
Print ISSN : 0370-8446
ISSN-L : 0370-8446
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Preventive effect of tranilast on keloid and hypertrophic scar formation after gynecological surgery Multicenter study
Sakae GOTOKenji TAKAKURAMasaya HIROSEToshio KIMURAKoichi TAKEBAYASHIMinoru AKIYAMAKeiko NAKANISHIHiroyuki FURUKAWAFuminori KIMURAYoichi NODAYoshiaki YAMAMOTOTakashi CHIBAKyoko TANAKAMutsuko FUJIWARAMiran KINToshiko ONOENaozumi MITSUNONobuyuki KITAYoshiko YAMAMOTOKoji WAKUDAYoshinori FUJIMOTOKazuya TAMURAToshio TENZAKIShigeki NAKAYAMAYoshiko HAYASHITakashi INOUEEmi NAKAMURAHironobu ISHIKAWAIchiro YAMADEAkiko ISHIKOMayumi FUJITANIHiroaki HAMADA
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2001 Volume 53 Issue 3 Pages 197-202

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The purpose of the study was to investigate a preventive effect of tranilast on hypertrophic scar formation after gynecological surgery. Patients who has gynecological surgery from June 1998 to May 1999 were assigned to two groups: a tranilast-treated group and a group not treated with tranilast (a non-treatment group). Tranilast was initiated on the seventh day after surgery, and the period of treatment was 4 months. Subjective symptoms and objective signs of 38 tranilast-treated patients and 20 non-treatment patients were analyzed. Objective signs in a tranilast-treated group were significantly superior to those in the non-treatment group. The results of the present study showed that tranilast is useful in preventing hypertrophic scar formation after gynecological surgery.
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