Background: To study the clinical characteristics, results of surgical treatment in congenital cyst and fistulas of the otorhinolaryngology.
Patients: 74 patients diagnosed congenital cyst and fistulas of the otorhinolaryngology was treated with surgery, from May 2016 to June 2017 at Hue University Hospital, Hue Central Hospital and Da Nang Hospital for women and children. Main outcome measure: diagnosis, the clinical and pathologic features, the method and the results of surgical treatment.
Results: We identified 74 patients, 83.8% of them had the preauricular fistula, 9.5% had thyroglossal fistula, 4.1% had type II branchial cleft cyst, 1.4% had type I branchial cleft cyst and 1.4% had pyriform sinus fistula. The pathologic feature: inflammation, abscess accounted for 52.7%, normal accounted for 47.3%. Complications after surgery: 1.4% of mild complications are hematoma and 1.4% of infection after surgery, without neurological complications. Recurrence after surgery: 1.4%.
Conclusions: In all types of congenital cyst and fistulas of the otorhinolaryngology, preauricular fistula is the highest, the most common form of injury is inflammation, abscesses. Complications after surgery are mild, without neurological complications.
Key words: cyst, fistula, congenital, results of surgical treatment