{"id":458,"date":"2014-07-13T21:53:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T01:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/?p=458"},"modified":"2014-07-13T21:53:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T01:53:49","slug":"ear-lacerations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/2014\/07\/13\/ear-lacerations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ear Lacerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Ear Lacerations:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Pt. with a laceration through the helix of the ear with exposed cartilage <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><strong>2 Point Ear Block:<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/files\/2014\/07\/afp20040201p585-f4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-459\" style=\"width: 124px;height: 139px\" alt=\"afp20040201p585-f4\" src=\"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/files\/2014\/07\/afp20040201p585-f4-215x300.jpg\" width=\"157\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Am Fam Physician.<\/i>\u00a02004\u00a0Feb\u00a01;69(3):585-590.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><strong>Goal:<\/strong>\u00a0 Approximate cartilage with absorbable 5-0 monocryl.\u00a0 It\u2019s ok to trim away small amount of jagged or devitalized skin or cartilage to ensure proper approximation.\u00a0 Close the skin over the cartilage with 5 or 6-0 non-absorbable.\u00a0 Approximate landmarks first.\u00a0 Extensive tissue devitalization or damage, you should involve face.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><strong>Dressing:<\/strong>\u00a0 Place a compressive dressing with petroleum gauze to fill the antihelix of the ear then place 4 folded 4&#215;4\u2019s posteriorly behind the helix and wrap the head in an ace wrap.\u00a0 Place the patient on antibiotics and followup within 5 days.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ear Lacerations: Pt. with a laceration through the helix of the ear with exposed cartilage 2 Point Ear Block:\u00a0 Am Fam Physician.\u00a02004\u00a0Feb\u00a01;69(3):585-590. Goal:\u00a0 Approximate cartilage with absorbable 5-0 monocryl.\u00a0 It\u2019s ok to trim away small amount of jagged or devitalized skin or cartilage to ensure proper approximation.\u00a0 Close the skin over the cartilage with 5 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/2014\/07\/13\/ear-lacerations\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1935,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,8],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clinical-questions","category-trauma","tag-ear-laceration","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1935"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/curbsideconsult\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}