title: Prosthetic conformer as a pressure device in the prophylactic management of postsurgical auricular keloid formation: a clinical report.
abstract: Keloids form as a result of aberrations of physiologic wound healing and may arise following any insult to the deep dermis. By causing pain, pruritus, and contractures, keloids significantly affect the patient's quality of life, both physically and psychologically. Multiple studies have been conducted for decades and have led to a plethora of therapeutic strategies to prevent or attenuate keloid formation, of which no single treatment has proven to be widely effective. Also, there is a dearth of information in the prosthodontic literature regarding appropriate management of such cases, especially when located in cosmetic areas. This clinical report presents an interdisciplinary cooperative approach between maxillofacial prosthetics and dermatology in prophylactic management of postsurgical auricular keloid. A new and an innovatively designed custom prosthesis for the management of the same is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, India. gurkaran_preet@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Gurkaran Preet
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sherrigar
authors.forename: Veena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.forename: Gagain
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khanna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054644:Ear Auricle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004426:Ear Deformities, Acquired / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011312:Pressure; D019736:Prostheses and Implants