title: Combination of surgical excision and custom designed silicon pressure splint therapy for keloids on the helical rim.
abstract: Keloids are defined as dermal fibrotic lesions which are considered an aberration of the wound healing process. Their etiology and pathogenesis are poorly understood. Different treatment modalities are described in the literature depending on the morphology and size of the keloid. We report a case of a large ear keloid on the helical rim which was successfully treated with surgery and a custom designed silicon pressure clip.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Augusta Kranken Anstalt, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. michael.sand@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sand
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sand
authors.forename: Pejman
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boorboor
authors.forename: Benno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Altmeyer
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Falk G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Bechara
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000628:therapy*; D011312:Pressure; D013165:Splints; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids