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The Treatment of Earlobe Keloids by Surgical Excision and Postoperative Triamcinolone Injection

Alan R. Shons, Barry H. J. Press

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Thirty-one earlobe keloids in 20 patients were treated by complete surgical excision and three postoperative injections of .1 to .2 ml of 40 mg per milliliter of triamcinolone solution at four-week intervals beginning three weeks postoperation. Only 1 recurrence developed in a follow-up of twelve to sixty-two months.

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Thirty-one earlobe keloids in 20 patients were treated by complete surgical excision and three postoperative injections of .1 to .2 ml of 40 mg per milliliter of triamcinolone solution at four-week intervals beginning three weeks postoperation. Only 1 recurrence developed in a follow-up of twelve to sixty-two months.

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Thirty-one earlobe keloids in 20 patients were treated by complete surgical excision and three postoperative injections of .1 to .2 ml of 40 mg per milliliter of triamcinolone solution at four-week intervals beginning three weeks postoperation. Only 1 recurrence developed in a follow-up of twelve to sixty-two months.

Key concepts: Earlobe, Medicine, Triamcinolone acetonide, Surgery, Surgical excision, Keloid

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