Supra-auricular Approach: A Simple- Recurrence Free- Technique for Pre-auricular Sinus | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology | ||
| Article 3, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 11-15 PDF (1.16 M) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejnso.2014.56542 | ||
| Authors | ||
| R. K. Mundra; Richi Sinha; Richa Agrawal | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Congenital preauricular sinus is a malformation of the preauricular soft tissues with an incidence ranging between 0.1 and 0.9% in Europe and the United States. It presents a high risk of recurrence when treated by a standard surgical technique (simple sinectomy); the incidence of which is reported to be between 19% and 40%. The supra-auricular approach, proposed by Prasad et al. in 1990, is easier to perform and presents a lower recurrence risk. Personal experience was presented in the treatment of congenital preauricular sinus with the supra-auricular approach as first choice or in the case of primary as well as recurrence following previous standard surgery. This report justifies the use of supra-auricular approach as a very simple and effective procedure for the treatment of primary as well as recurrent preauricular sinus. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Congenital preauricular sinus; surgical treatment; Supra-auricular approach; Preauricular pit | ||
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