The great auricular nerve (GAN) is often sacrificed during parotidectomy.METHODS: Three patients are observed in which division from 1993 to 2007. RESULTS:The first patient revealed a severe lesion of the skin. A psychiatric postoperative evaluation showed an obsessive-compulsive disorder in the other 2 patients.CONCLUSIONS:the most patients who experienced abnormal symptoms but our patients could emphasize the desirability of preserving the GAN.
Skin injury and great auricular nerve sacrifice after parotidectomy
TARTARO, Gianpaolo;COLELLA, Giuseppe;RAUSO R.;
2009
Abstract
The great auricular nerve (GAN) is often sacrificed during parotidectomy.METHODS: Three patients are observed in which division from 1993 to 2007. RESULTS:The first patient revealed a severe lesion of the skin. A psychiatric postoperative evaluation showed an obsessive-compulsive disorder in the other 2 patients.CONCLUSIONS:the most patients who experienced abnormal symptoms but our patients could emphasize the desirability of preserving the GAN.File in questo prodotto:
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