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Table 2 Reported case series of fourth branchial apparatus anomalies

From: Surgical treatment of fourth branchial apparatus anomalies: a case series study

Case series

Patient number

Treatment

Recurrence

Complication

This series

10

OPS

1 (10.0%)

None

Rossi M.E. et al

52

ECIO in 38

11/38 (28.9%)

None

  

OPS in 14

3/14 (21.4%)

5/14 (35.7%)

Verret D.J. et al

10

ECIO

None

None

Lu W.H. et al

8

OPS

None

1/8 (12.5%)

Pal I. et al

7

OPS

None

None

Nicollas R. et al

6

OPS

None

2/6 (33.3%)

Arunachalam P. et al

5

ECIO in 4

None

None

  

OPS in 1

None

None

Waston G.J. et al

5

ECIO

None

None

  1. OPS open neck surgery, ECIO endoscopic cauterization of internal orifice