American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 361-362 , September 2008

Iatrogenic ear lobule ischemic injury from pressure dressing as an unusual complication of parotidectomy

  • Yeo-Hoon Yoon, MD
  • ,
  • Jae Yong Park, MD
  • ,
  • Jin Woong Choi, MD
  • ,
  • Bon Seok Koo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, 640 Daesa-Dong, Chung-Gu, Daejeon 301-721, Korea. Tel.: +82 42 220 7695; fax: +82 42 253 4059.

Received 19 June 2007

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PII: S0196-0709(07)00152-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.10.004

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 361-362 , September 2008