A surgical approach for earlobe keloid: Keloid fillet flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1668-1674

  Kim, Dae Young ^a,b   Kim, Eui Sik ^a,b   Eo, Su Rak ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Seog ^a,b   Lee, Sam Yong ^a,b   Cho, Bek Hyun ^a,b  

^a Chonnam Natl Univ Medical School ^*

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR INJURY; EAR LOBE KELOID; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; IRRADIATION; KELOID; KELOID FILLET FLAP; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURE; TENSION; EXTERNAL EAR; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUNCTURE;

ADULT; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 2442473994     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000117199.47891.4F     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Cosman, B., and Wolff, M. Correlation of keloid recurrence with completeness of local excision. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 50: 163, 1972.
2. Converse, J. M., and Stallings, J. O. Eradication of large auricular keloids by excision, skin grafting, and intradermal injection of triamcinolone acetonide solution. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 49: 461, 1972.
3. Murray, R. Kenalog and the treatment of hypertrophied scars and keloids in Negroes and whites. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 31: 275, 1963.
4. Griffith, B. H., Monroe, C. W., and McKinney, P. A follow-up study on the treatment of keloids with triamcinolone acetonide. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 46: 145, 1970.
5. Shons, A. R., and Press, H.J. The treatment of earlobe keloids by surgical excision and postoperative triamcinolone injection. Ann. Plast. Surg. 10: 480, 1983.
6. Alan, R. S., and Barry, H. J. P. The treatment of earlobe keloids by surgical excision and postoperative triamcinolone injection. Ann. Plast. Surg. 10: 480, 1983.
7. Sclafani, A. P., Gordon, L., Chadha, M., and Romo, T., III. Prevention of earlobe keloid recurrence with postoperative corticosteroid injections versus radiation therapy: A randomized, prospective study and review of the literature. Dermatol. Surg. 22: 569, 1996.
8. Brent, B. The role of pressure therapy in management of earlobe keloids: Preliminary report of a controlled study. Ann. Plast. Surg. 1: 579, 1978.
9. Hurtado, A. J., and Crowther, D. S. Methyl methacrylate stent for prevention of postexcisional recurrent ear keloid. J. Prosthet. Dent. 54: 245, 1985.
10. Chalian, V. A., Bennett, J. E., Sayoc, A. M., and Ghalichebaf, M. Auricular compression stent. J. Prosthet. Dent. 54: 560, 1985.
11. Lawrence, W. T. Treatment of earlobe keloids with surgery plus adjuvant intralesional verapamil and pressure earrings. Ann. Plast. Surg. 37: 167, 1996.
12. Pierce, H. E. Postsurgical acrylic ear splints for keloids. J. Dermatol. Surg. Oncol. 12: 583, 1986.
13. Cosman, B., and Wolff, M. Bilateral earlobe keloids. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 53: 540, 1974.
14. Ramakrishnan, K. M., Thomas, K. P., and Sundararajan, C. R. Study of 1,000 patients with keloids in South India. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 53: 276, 1974.
15. Kovalic, J. J., and Perez, C. A. Radiation therapy following keloidectomy: A 20-year experience. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 17: 77, 1989.
16. Chaudhry, M. R., Akhtar, S., Duvalsaint, F., Garner, L., and Lucente, F. E. Ear lobe keloids, surgical excision followed by radiation therapy: A 10-year experience. Ear Nose Throat J. 73: 779, 1994.
17. Akoz, T., Erdogan, B., Gorgu, M., and Deren, O. Combined approach to the treatment of earlobe keloids. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 101: 857, 1994.
18. Ziccardi, V. B., and Lamphier, J. Use of keloid skin as an autograft for earlobe reconstruction after excision. Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Pathol. Oral Radiol. Endod. 89: 674, 2000.
19. Venkatramani, H., and Yadav, P. Complete excision with staged reconstruction in the treatment of earlobe keloid after ear piercing. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 104: 1574, 1999.
20. Hatoko, M., Kuwahara, M., Shiba, A., et al. Earlobe reconstruction using a subcutaneous island pedicle flap after resection of "earlobe keloid." Dermatol. Surg. 24: 257, 1998.
21. Niessen, F. B., Spauwen, P. H. M., Schalkwijk J., and Kon, M. On the nature of hypertrophic scars and keloids: A review. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 104: 1435, 1999.
22. Oluwasanmi, J. O. Keloids in the African. Clin. Plast. Surg. 1: 179, 1974.
23. Ketchum, L. D. Hypertrophic scars and keloids. Clin. Plast. Surg. 4: 301, 1977.
24. Alhady, S. M., and Sivanantharajah, K. Keloids in various races: A review of 175 cases. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 44: 564, 1969.
25. Buchwald, C., Nielsen, L. H., and Rosborg, J. Keloids of the external ear. J. Otorhinolaryngol. Relat. Spec. 54: 108, 1992.
26. LeFlore, I., and Antoine, G. A keloid formation on palmar surface of hand. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 83: 463, 1991.
27. Ford, T., and Widgerow, A. D. Umbilical keloid: An early start. Ann. Plast. Surg. 25: 214, 1990.
28. Apfelberg, D. B., Maser, M. R., White, D. N., and Lash, H. Failure of carbon dioxide laser excision of keloids. Lasers Surg. Med. 9: 382, 1989.
29. Stern, J. C., and Lucente, F. E. Carbon dioxide laser excision of earlobe keloids: A prospective study and critical analysis of existing data. Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 115: 1107, 1989.