Useful Extension of a Retroauricular Hairline Incision in a Parotidectomy Provides Coverage of a Preauricular Skin Defect

Ear Nose Throat J. 2022 May;101(4):245-247. doi: 10.1177/0145561320957509. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

Abstract

This report outlines the treatment of an 82-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the left cheek. The wide excision and simultaneous superficial parotidectomy were planned. Various incision methods have been widely introduced such as retroauricular hairline incision, modified Blair incision, or face-lift incision. For coverage of preauricular skin defect and parotidectomy, we modified retroauricular hairline incision that the end of the incision was bent to make transposition flap. The operation has been successfully finished using this extension of a retroauricular hairline incision.

Keywords: modified retroauricular hairline incision; parotidectomy; preauricular defect; transposition flap.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rhytidoplasty*
  • Skin
  • Surgical Flaps