title: Device that keeps a pierced ear hole intact while treating an infected earlobe.
abstract: The authors describe a simple, inexpensive, Teflon shaft and silicone ring device that keeps a pierced hole in an infected earlobe intact while an infection is being treated.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchinuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shioya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004423:Ear / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*