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2006, Number 2

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Cir Plast 2006; 16 (2)

Treatment of the ear keloid scars

Cuenca-Pardo J, Hernández-Valverde CB, Álvarez-Díaz CJ, Luján-Olivar FS, Escalona-Mancilla A

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 78-83
PDF size: 161.87 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Keloid scars are defined as those pathological scars with an abnormal collagen deposit. They are difficult to treat and there is no consensus for its treatment. The ear is one of the structures where keloids are formed more frequently. The objective of this work is to show the knowledge that we have acquired in the handling of post burn keloid scars in ears, treated with scar resection and reconstruction with retroauricular flap. In the Magdalena de las Salinas Traumatology Hospital of the IMSS, in the period from January, 2003 to December, 2004 we operated on 8 patients (16 ears) seven men and a woman, with keloid scars in their ears. The patients were treated in two surgical stages: in the first, a complete resection of the scar was carried out reconstructing with a retroauricular flap to the posterior pedicle. During the second that was carried out 21 days after cutting the pedicle of the flap, and remodeling the ear. None of the patients presented relapse of the deformity and in all it was possible to reconstruct their ears satisfactorily. We conclude that the proposed procedure is a secure and effective alternative and that it avoids the relapses of the post burn keloid ear scars.


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