Clinical Manifestations of Congenital Preauricular Fistula

Lee, Il-Woo; Kim, Dae-Hee; Kong, Soo-Keun; Goh, Eui-Kyung

doi:10.35420/jcohns.2008.19.1.43

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008; 19(1):43-45

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2008.19.1.43

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선천성 전이개누공의 임상

이일우¹, 김대희¹, 공수근¹, 고의경¹^,^*

Clinical Manifestations of Congenital Preauricular Fistula

Il-Woo Lee¹, Dae-Hee Kim¹, Soo-Keun Kong¹, Eui-Kyung Goh¹^,^*

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¹부산대학교 의학전문대학원 이비인후과학교실

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea

^*교신저자: 고의경, 602-735 부산광역시 서구 아미동 1–10 부산대학교 의학전문대학원 이비인후과학교실 전화： (051) 240-7332·전송： (051) 246-8668 E-mail： gohek@pusan.ac.kr

© Copyright 2008 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Mar 03, 2008; Accepted: Apr 30, 2008

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical course of congenital preauricular fistula (PAF) and to know the important surgical tips for decreasing the recurrence after surgery. Materials and Methods: Seventy four operated cases with PAF were analyzed retrospectively. Fistula tracts were stained with gentian violet one day before surgery. All the procedures were done under microscope and the stained fistula tracts were removed completely above the temporalis muscle fascia. Results: The overall recurrence rate in this study was 1.4%. The average follow-up period was 3.5 years. Conclusion: Complete dissection of fistula tract above the temporalis muscle fascia using microscope is very important factor for the prevention of recurrence in PAF surgery. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2008;19:43–45)

Keywords: 누공; 선천성; 재발

Keywords: Fistula; Congenital; Recurrence