Patient's question:
The child has a preauricular fistula. When they went to the hospital and asked the doctor, he said that surgery may not necessarily be able to cure it. In July of this year, it flared up again, and they took antibiotics. How is a preauricular fistula treated?Doctor's answer:
Hello, it is possible to be cured. Congenital preauricular fistula is a common ear disease, a common congenital malformation, also known as congenital fistula. It is closely related to the poor development during the embryonic period in the mother's body.Advice: Surgical treatment is the most thorough method to completely remove it. For this preauricular fistula radical surgery, it must be performed when the fistula is not inflamed. The goal of the surgery is to completely excise all subcutaneous fistulas. The wound can be directly sutured after the operation, and it will be cured.