title: Treatment of auricular hematoma using button technique.
abstract: 10 male patients suffering from auricular hematoma were treated by evacuation of the hematoma followed by suturing two buttons to the ear using through-and-through staying silk sutures, leaving them attached for 1 week. Not a single case of recurrence has been encountered as this technique eliminates the dead space and does not allow reaccumulation of the hematoma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External; D006406:Hematoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged