[Endoscope-assisted styloidectomy via postauricular incision].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the feasibility of the endoscope-assisted styloidectomy.


METHODS
Sixty patients with Eagle's syndrome undergoing the endoscope-assisted styloidectomy via postauricular incision, including 7 unilateral and 53 bilateral, between June 2010 and March 2013 were reviewed.


RESULTS
The styloid processes in all patients were resected successfully via this approach, with the incision length range of 2.0 to 2.5 cm. The mean operative time was (21.3 ± 4.8) min(X(-) ± s), for unilateral surgery and (48.5 ± 11.4) min for bilateral surgery. Fifty-four patients symptom showed complete remission of symptom, 3 cases with decrease in symptom and other 3 cases with no significant relief of symptom after surgery. None case recurred for follow-up of 3 to 70 months. There were 3 sides with ear numbness after surgery for 3 months, and one case had transient facial paralysis and recovered after 3 months.


CONCLUSIONS
The endoscope-assisted styloidectomy via postauricular incision is effective and feasible.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SUN Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China. Email: xiaomingh@hotmail.com.
Xiao-ming
XM
Huang
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SUN Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Qian
Q
Cai
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SUN Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Xiao-yu
XY
Jiang
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SUN Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Fa-ya
FY
Liang
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SUN Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Ping
P
Han
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SUN Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Rui-chen
RC
Li
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SUN Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Xiao-lin
XL
Wang
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019723:Endoscopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery*