title: [Ear keloid and clinical research progress].
abstract: Keloid refers to the damaged skin due to excessive fibroblast proliferation. Ear is one predilection site. The pathogenesis of ear keloid is not very clear, and the treatment is also varied. Surgery, postoperative radiotherapy and laser treatment, steroid hormones, pressure therapy are the basic treatment methods. Integrated application of a variety of treatments, classification research and new materials using revealed the prospect for the treatment of the disease. This thesis reviews literature about ear keloid in recent 10 years, and introduces this disease and clinical research progress.
authors.forename: Guangyuan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004423:Ear / Q000473:pathology*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000473:pathology*