Combination of surgical excision and custom designed silicon pressure splint therapy for keloids on the helical rim

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Combination of surgical excision and custom designed silicon pressure splint therapy for keloids on the helical rim

Michael Sand¹ , Daniel Sand² , Pejman Boorboor³ , Benno Mann¹ , Peter Altmeyer⁴ , Klaus Hoffmann⁴ and Falk G Bechara⁴

¹Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Augusta Kranken Anstalt, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

²Department of Physiological Science, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA

³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

⁴Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

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Head & Face Medicine 2007, 3:14doi:10.1186/1746-160X-3-14


Published:	12 March 2007

Abstract

Keloids are defined as dermal fibrotic lesions which are considered an aberration of the wound healing process. Their etiology and pathogenesis are poorly understood. Different treatment modalities are described in the literature depending on the morphology and size of the keloid. We report a case of a large ear keloid on the helical rim which was successfully treated with surgery and a custom designed silicon pressure clip.