Patient's question:
In July 1996, I contracted an infection, feeling pain in half of my head. At that time, drainage was performed. Later, at the doctor's recommendation, I underwent an anterior preauricular fistula excision surgery at the Second People's Hospital of Sichuan Province in the winter of 1997.Doctor's answer:
Congenital preauricular fistula is a remnant of incomplete fusion of the auricular primordia of the first and second branchial arches during development. The treatment primarily involves surgical excision, and those without symptoms may not require treatment.Your current condition is the formation of a periauricular abscess, which should be treated with incision and drainage first. After the inflammation subsides, the fistula can be excised. Antibiotics should be used postoperatively to prevent infection. The complete excision of the fistula can be said to be the only treatment method for preauricular fistula.