What Do We Know About Treating Recalcitrant Auricular Keloids? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Luke R R ZawadiukAaron C Van SlykeJeffrey N BoneBaillie RedfernNicholas J CarrJugpal S Arneja

Published in: Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) (2021)

Data for treatment of auricular keloids are heterogeneous with few high-quality studies. Excision with adjuvant brachytherapy has the lowest recurrence rate in our analysis. Narrow confidence intervals reported here for brachytherapy and compression therapy may help surgeons more confidently recommend either of these treatment modalities to patients.

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