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Treatment of pinna haematoma with compression using Leonard buttons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2006

E C Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK.
S Jajeh
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK.
N Molony
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK.

Abstract

The standard treatment of a pinna haematoma involves drainage and compression to prevent recurrence and subsequent disfigurement. Compressive methods can be non-invasive or invasive, utilising a head bandage or through and through sutures, respectively, to keep compression in place. Leonard buttons are effective alternative compressive devices. They are simple to use and easily available.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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Footnotes

Presented as a poster at the Midlands Institute of Otorhinolaryngology Spring Meeting, 28 April 2006, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire, Coventry, UK.