Treatment of Auricular Perichondritis Secondary to Middle Ear Surgeries
ZHENG Quanyi
KE Zhaoyang
GONG Taogen
LV Yanlu
YAN Ming
Abstract：Objective To report experiences in the treatment of auricular perichondritis secondary to middle ear surgeries. Methods Clinical data of 9 patients who were admitted for auricular perichondritis after middle ear operation were retrospectively analyzed. Results Auricle soreness usually occurred 4 to 15 days (average 7.8 days) after the mid-dle ear operation. In 4 patients, where the auricular cartilage was not involved, peirchondritis resolved following antibi-otics treatment or/and incision and drainage without any deformity. Debridement (one to two times) was performed in 4 patients whose auricular cartilage were partly involved, resulting in minor residual deformity in one patient. The remain-ing one patient whose auricular cartilage was extensively involved was treated by radical surgical debridement and end-ed up with a"cauliflower ear". Conclusions Auricular perichondritis secondary to middle ear operation is often not di-agnosed properly. Initial treatment should include anti-pseudomonal antibiotics. Incision and drainage should be per-formed in cases in which an abscess has formed. Once the auricular cartilage is involved, prompt and thorough surgical debridement should be performed.
Keywords：PerichondritisAuriclePostoperative ComplicationsMiddle Ear OperationAbscessDebridement
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 317-320 )