title: [The study of preserving the great auricular nerve in the parotidectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effect for local sensory to preserve great auricular nerve in the parotidectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was a prospective study. Eighy-one patients who underwent parotidectomy were randomly divided into 2 groups, preserving the great auricular nerve group and no preserving the great auricular nerve group. They were tested with the subjective and objective sensory function testing in 3, 6, 9, 12 months after operation. We assessed the result.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the subjective sensory function testing, the result of the preserving the great auricular nerve group was better than no preserving the great auricular nerve group. In the objective sensory function testing, the result of the preserving the great auricular nerve group was obviously better than no preserving the great auricular nerve group. There was significant difference between the 2 groups (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was effective for recovering the sensory function that we preserved the great auricular nerve in the parotidectomy.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shuwei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D004431:Ear, External / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000379:methods; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000294:innervation* / Q000601:surgery*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control