Title
Effective management of congenital preauricular sinus to reduce recurrence
Authors
Nitin Kumar Jain, Suryakant Tiwari*, Salabh Kumar Agrawal & Abhay Kumar Sinha
Affiliation
Department of ENT, Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
Nitin Kumar Jain - E-mail: nitinjain70@gmail.com
Suryakant Tiwari - E-mail: doctorsurya1994@gmail.com
Salabh Kumar Agrawal - E-mail: 22shalabhagrawal@gmail.com
Abhay Kumar Sinha - E-mail: entcims22@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received June 1, 2026; Revised June 30, 2026; Accepted June 30, 2026, Published June 30, 2026
Abstract
Congenital preauricular sinus is a common developmental anomaly with frequent recurrence and post-operative complications despite surgical management. Therefore, it is of interest to compare simple sinusectomy and the supra-auricular approach regarding recurrence, infection, operative time, healing, cosmetic outcomes and patient satisfaction. Hence, eighty-six patients were prospectively assigned to either simple sinusectomy (n=42) or supra-auricular excision (n=44) and followed for 12 months. The supra-auricular approach showed zero recurrence, better cosmetic satisfaction and higher patient approval, despite a longer operative time. Thus, we support the supra-auricular approach as the preferred technique for effective and cosmetically superior management of preauricular sinus.
Keywords
Preauricular sinus, sinusectomy, supra-auricular approach, recurrence, cosmetic outcome, infection
Citation
Jain et al. Bioinformation 22(6): 3273-3276 (2026)
Edited by
Ritik Kashwani
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
