Surgical treatment of recurring preauricular sinus : supra-auricular approach

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...

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Published in:Acta otorhino-laryngologica italica 2008-12, Vol.28 (6), p.302-305
Main Authors: LEOPARDI, G, CHIARELLA, G, CONTI, S, CASSANDRO, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Ear Diseases - congenital
Ear Diseases - epidemiology
Ear Diseases - surgery
Ear, External - abnormalities
Ear, External - surgery
Female
Fistula - congenital
Fistula - epidemiology
Fistula - surgery
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Otorhinolaryngology (head neck, general aspects and miscellaneous)
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Recurrence
Sex Factors
Technical note
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Summary: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 is presented in the treatment of congenital preauricular sinus with the supra-auricular approach as first choice or in the case of recurrence following previous standard surgery. This report includes a short review of the literature in order not only to focus on the supra-auricular approach and check the efficacy as far as concerns reduction of recurrence risk but also to contribute to a more widespread use of this method.
ISSN:0392-100X
1827-675X