Introduction There has been a significant increase in concern towards improving aesthetic and functional outcomes without compromising the oncologic effectiveness in head and neck surgery. In this subset, endoscope-assisted and robotic procedures allowed the development of new approaches to the neck, including the retroauricular access, which is now routinely used, especially in Korea. Objectiv...

OBJECTIVE To compare the auricular projection results across 3 different techniques of sulcus construction in microtia repair (using a temporoparietal fascial flap, a retroauricular fascial flap from the mastoid region, or a superficial muscular aponeurotic system advancement flap). METHODS All the patients had been photographed at least 3 months after the second stage (construction of the re...

INTRODUCTION Middle-ear angiosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor that requires early diagnosis to allow satisfactory removal. The objective of the present study was to describe and discuss the diagnosis and treatment of this rare malignant middle-ear tumor. CASE REPORT A 12-year-old girl was admitted for a left retroauricular mass and a budding left external auditory canal tumor without associa...

Various surgical techniques, such as endoscopic surgery and robotic surgery, are developed to optimize the esthetic outcome even in operations for malignancy. A modified face-lift or retroauricular approach are used to minimize postoperative scarring. Recently, robot-assisted surgery is being done in various fields and considered as favorable treatment method by many surgeons. However its high ...

Lymph node metastasis is the single, most powerful prognostic factor in head and neck squamous cell cancer, which means that cervical lymph management should be considered even treatment of a clinically node-negative neck. More conservative selective techniques dissection have been developed ever since radical was first introduced. Despite provides less functional damage, disfiguring scar after...

A 65-year-old farmer came to the office with a pigmented lesion on his left ear; the lesion had been there for about 2 years. He noticed different shades of black developing in the lesion during the previous 3 months. On physical examination, we observed a 13 mm x 7 mm asymmetrical dark-brown-to-black papule, with pigment fading at its borders, on the lower helix of the patient’s left ear. No u...