title: [Surgical treatment of recurrent pseudocyst of auricle].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the surgical techniques and skills for recurrent pseudocyst of auricle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of 20 cases from January 2006 to May 2014 in our department, who were treated by the operations with skills as follows, resection the anterior wall of pseudocyst cartilage and perichondrium, grooves cutting the roughing the posterior cartilages wall, and local compression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 20 patients were followed up for 8 to 42 months and all were cured. No recurrence, infections and malformation were happened.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Resection the anterior cartilage wall perichondrium of the pseudocyst, grooves cutting and roughing of posterior cartilages of the peudocyst, and in combined with local compression are effective treatment for recurrent cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngolngy, People's Hospital of Meizhou, Guangdong 514031, China; Email: 15119331555@126.com.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngolngy, People's Hospital of Meizhou, Guangdong 514031, China.
authors.forename: Duoxian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngolngy, People's Hospital of Meizhou, Guangdong 514031, China.
authors.forename: Xiongwen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngolngy, People's Hospital of Meizhou, Guangdong 514031, China.
authors.forename: Pengjian
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D054644:Ear Auricle / Q000473:pathology*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome