An Epidemiologic Survey of Congenital Preauricular Fistula |
Eui Young Yang, MD (Director : Prof. Hong Soo Shin MD, Assoc. Prof. Wal Bo Cha, MD) |
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
先天性 耳瘻孔에 關한 疫學的 考察 |
梁義永 |
高麗大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室 |
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ABSTRACT |
Among randomly selected primary school children of aged from 7 years to 12 years, we employed physical examination for study of the congenital auricular fistula. The results may be listed as follows. 1) Congenital pre-auricular fistula was detached in 4.94% of randamly selected children. 2) No significant difference was observed in geogropical distribution. 3) Left side was most commonly involved and bilateral, right in order of frequency. 4) In both sex, Left side most oftenly involved, bilateral involvement was least commonly seen in male and right in female. |
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