Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Objectives: To assess the best time and type of intervention for infantile haemangiomas and to assess the cosmetic and psychological outcomes. Background: Hemangiomas are the most common tumors in infancy and childhood, accounting for 7% of benign soft tissue tumors. Although the indications for surgical intervention in patients with infantile haemangioma during the proliferation and early involution are controversial, it is considered in certain cases. Patients and Methods: Thirty patients (3 boys and 27 girls) were surgically treated from 2020 to 2022. Results were evaluated by scarring and resolution of the functional problem. Results: The mean age at surgery was 2.79±4.306 years. Sizes of lesions ranged
Source: Menoufia Medical Journal
Authors: Ahmed Yehia Zakariea El-Ellawy, Mohamed Ahmed Megahed, Tamer Fakhry Abdel Aziz, Medhat Samy Ali
Institution: Menoufia University
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409507232