Preauricular sinus: Operating microscope improves outcome.

A retrospective review of preauricular sinuses operated in Sundaram Medical Foundation, a 140-bedded tertiary care hospital during the period 1995 to 2000 is presented. Patients were operated six to eight weeks after control of infection. Magnification with an operating microscope was always used. A team of ENT and Plastic surgeons was involved in all the cases. Involvement of a Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon permitted primary closure after surgery without any drains, individualised incisions in every patient, and early discharge from hospital. A follow up of all operated patients for a period of 18 months revealed good results without any recurrence.