Combined therapy in the treatment of auricular keloids.

Ear Nose Throat J

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA 23708-5100, USA.

Published: February 2006

Management of earlobe keloids is still controversial. Many different treatment modalities have been employed; however, no single approach has been completely successful. We used combination therapy that included compression therapy, laser excision, and serial steroid injection, which has improved our therapeutic outcomes for earlobe keloids.

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