简介:Objective:Toreportasurgicalmethodforthetreatmentofpre-auricularfistulatolowerpost-operativerecurrencerate.Methods:Clinicaldataof187patientswithpre-auricularfistulawhounderwentenblocresectionattheAffiliatedHospitalofLuzhouMedicalCollegefromAugust2006toNovember2012wereretrospectivelyreviewed.FactorsthatmightaffecttheprognosisfollowingEnblocfistularesectionborderedbythesuperficialtemporalisfascia,helixperichondriumandauriculocephalicsulcuswereinvestigated.Results:Ofthe187patients,181achievedprimaryhealingand6endedupwithdelayedhealing.Duringthefollow-upperiod(onetosevenyears),therewere4casesofrecurrence(2.1%).Conclusions:Cleardemarcationofsurgicalresectioncanfacilitateeasyandthoroughresectionofpreauricularfistulaandleadtolowrecurrencerate.Propertimingandcarefulsearchforpotentialfistulabranchesarethetwocrucialfactorsaffectingprognosis.