ArticleWorld journal of plastic surgery2019
Management of Ear Keloids Using Surgical Excision Combined with Postoperative Steroid Injections.
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- Recurrence and Complications of Peri-operative Steroid Injection of Keloids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of Excision Combination Therapies for Earlobe Keloids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Understanding and Comparing Current Practice for Ear Keloid Scars: A Narrative Systematic Review.Journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2026Review
- Application of Sterile Dressing for Surgical Excision of Postauricular Lesions in Dermatologic Surgery.Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery · 2025Article
- Combination of keloid core excision and triamcinolone acetonide local injection shows significant clinical efficacy in treating auricular keloid.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- The clinical application of ear keloid using five-blade core excision combined with pressure and superficial electron beam radiation.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Keloid Intralesional Excision Reduces Recurrence: A Meta-analytic Study of the Available Literature on 608 Keloids.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Successful treatment of Giant keloid on the right toes using trepanation combined with superficial radiotherapy (SRT-100): a case report with literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- Inhibiting Warburg Effect Can Suppress the Biological Activity and Secretion Function of Keloid Fibroblasts.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2022Article
- The Effectiveness of Immediate Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection after Auricular Keloid Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
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- Comparison of the Effects of External and Internal Lateral Nasal Osteotomies on Ecchymosis, Periorbital Edema, and Step off Deformity After Rhinoplasty.World journal of plastic surgery · 2019Article
- Concomitant therapy of surgical shave excision and intralesional injections for ear keloids: Early results from a retrospective cohort study.Scars, burns & healingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundEar keloids are a challenging problem that affect people of different races with substantial aesthetic consequences. Various types of adjuvant therapies, including intralesional corticosteroid injection are advocated to lower recurrence following excision. We investigated the efficacy of a protocol combined of excision and postoperative intralesional triamcinolone acetonide (TA) injection for treating earlobe keloids in a group of Iranian female patients.
methodsA retrospective analysis of 21 patients representing 31 ear keloids treated by a single physician between 2013 and 2017 was conducted. All keloids occurred after ear piercing in female cases. Postoperative intralesional TA injection was administered once monthly and continued for several months based on the patients' clinical progress. Results were assessed according to Kyoto scar scale.
resultsThe patients' mean age was 24.29 years and ranged from 16 to 40 years. After the surgery, the follow-up period ranged from 10 to 29 months (mean: 15.93 months) and patients were given TA intralesional injections 3 to 6 times (mean: 4.22 times) with no complication or adverse effect. Of the treated keloids, success was achieved in all of 31 keloids (100%) and final evaluation revealed that the mean Kyoto scar scale was significantly decreased. No recurrence occurred.
conclusionSurgical excision followed by postoperative intralesional TA injection can be suggested as the primary protocol for the treatment of ear keloids considering its durable results and economic advantage.
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