Objective:To treat and prevent auricular keloid so as to imporve the cure rate and lower the rate of recurrence. Methods:Taking 156 sufferers of auriclar keloid at the orthopaedics department of the Southwest Hospital under the Third Military Medical University from June

2008 to June

2011 as the research subject

this research carried out retrospective analysis and summary of different surgical methods with the clinical data of subseque nt treatments

including medicament

radiotheropy

pressure

etc. Results:There was no auricular cartilage necrosis and deformation in the total of 156 cases. It was found that 134 cases were cured in a year of postoperative follow-up

getting the care rate to 85.9%. The treatment was effective on 20 cases

with the effective rate of 12.8%

while it was ineffective on 2 cases

with the ineffective rate being 1.3%. However

two cases showed tendency towards recurrence

which were treated effectively by non-surgical methods like local hormone injection. There was neither recurrence nor apparent hyperplasia of hypertrophic scars on the rest cases

with the auricle and the earlobe in good shape. Conclusion:By auricular keloid excision and stripping surgery

surgical suture tension was reduced. Glucocorticoid and radiotherapy were instantly applied to inhibit pyperplasia of cicatrical tissue. Subsequently

pressure

anti-scarring drugs and silicone membrane were adopted to ensure fine postoperative apperance and reduce recurrence. These methods were proved to be effectiveand they provided systematic and effective treatment for auricular keloid.