outer ear cancer surgery

Curing disease: Indication Confined to the auricle and external auditory canal, such as basal cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, cervical lymph node metastasis should be performed. Contraindications Patients with cancer involving the tympanic, mastoid, and humerus should undergo mastoidectomy or patella resection; those with distant metastases. Surgical procedure The surgical method of auricle and external auditory canal cancer should be determined according to the location and extent of the lesion. The lesion may be localized, and the defect may be directly sutured or skin grafted. If the lesion is wider, the auricle should be completely auricular. In addition to the soft tissue of the external auditory canal, the external auditory canal should be removed from the base of the lesion and its surrounding cartilage and bone wall, and the external auditory canal should be enlarged. Then the skin should be implanted on the wound. The affected patients should undergo mastoidectomy and even partial humeral resection.

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