A primary protocol for the management of ear keloids: Results of excision combined with intraoperative and postoperative steroid injections

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1395-1400

  Rosen, Daniel J ^a   Patel, Mitesh K ^a   Freeman, Katherine ^a   Weiss, Paul R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EAR; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 34848818558     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279373.25099.2a     Document Type: Article

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