Efficacy of custom-made pressure clips for ear keloid treatment after surgical excision

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-121

  Tanaydin, V ^a   Beugels, J ^a   Piatkowski, A ^a   Colla, C ^a   Van Den Kerckhove, E ^a   Hugenholtz, G C G ^a   Van Der Hulst, R R ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Earclip; Keloid; Operative surgical procedures; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTOM MOLDED PRESSURE ADJUSTABLE EARCLIP; DECUBITUS; DEVICE INFECTION; EAR DISEASE; EAR INJURY; EAR KELOID; EAR PIERCING; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EAR SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AND OBSERVER SCALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN IRRITATION; DEVICES; EAR DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL EAR; MICROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EAR DISEASES; EAR, EXTERNAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRESSURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953406063     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2015.09.013     Document Type: Article

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