View Preauricular Pit Surgery Images. If your child has one, you may be referred to an otolaryngologist. Recurrent infections may require surgery.

Excision of Preauricular Sinuses
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It is not medically necessary to close the pit but it is simple enough to do if you want it done. I asked my mom about it a long time ago. Individuals with cchd usually require surgery soon after birth.although babies with cchd.

Preauricular pits and sinuses are congenital anomalies located in or just in front of the ascending limb of the helix (figure 1).

Craniofacial surgery for congenital and acquired deformities. Craniofacial surgery for congenital and acquired deformities. I thought about getting it treated but have not gone yet. I have read a couple of articles somewhere that.