A method for maintaining the earring tract during the replacement of a temporary earring to a permanent one following repair of a cleft earlobe

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• 作者：Nir Eyal (1) (2)
  Lior Har-Shai (3)
  Tamir Gil (1)
  Nir Gal-Or (1)
  Issa Mettanes (1)
  Arie Bitermann (2)
  Yaron Har-Shai (1)
  
• 关键词：Replacement temporary earring ; Earring tract ; Split earlobe
• 刊名：European Journal of Plastic Surgery
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：March 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：37
• 期：3
• 页码：167-170
• 全文大小：211 KB
• 作者单位：Nir Eyal (1) (2)
  Lior Har-Shai (3)
  Tamir Gil (1)
  Nir Gal-Or (1)
  Issa Mettanes (1)
  Arie Bitermann (2)
  Yaron Har-Shai (1)
  
  1. The Unit of Plastic Surgery, Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 34362, Israel
  2. Department of Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 34362, Israel
  3. The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
  
• ISSN：1435-0130

文摘

A novel staged pull-through technique is offered for the maintenance of the piercing tract during the replacement of a temporary earring (2-0 nylon) to a permanent one following the repair of a split earlobe. This method, which was applied on 28 patients with 30 cleft earlobes, secures the harmless replacement of the temporary earring 6?weeks following the ear lobe repair. No complications such as false root, bleeding, dehiscence or infection were documented during and following the replacement process. The equipment is negligible, inexpensive and readily available. The method requires minimal preparation and causes little if any discomfort to the patient. A follow-up of 6?months did not reveal any widening of the neo-tract or recurrence of the earlobe cleft. Level of Evidence: Level V, therapeutic study.