BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The general population has been increasingly concerned about cosmesis and hopeless about prominent or invisible postoperative scars of the face and neck. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefit of a retroauricular hairline incision (RAHI) by comparing it with conventional cervical incision for removal of upper neck masses. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate a correlation between preoperative non-echo planar diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (non-EPI DW MRI) with surgical findings of localization and extension of cholesteatoma and to develop criteria for surgical planning. PATIENTS Preoperative non-EPI DWMRI was available and positive for cholesteatoma in 27 patients with primary and 23 with residual/recurrent...

Introduction: Covid -19 infection spread rapidly from person to person. Social distancing, hygiene and mask are among various preventive measures for of this Prolonged use N95 surgical masks causes physical adverse effects such as headaches, difficulty breathing, acne, skin breakdown, rashes, impaired cognition. Some facial secured by anchoring the ears, causing damage external ears retroauricu...