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1/ Stenson's duct
2/ Main trunk of facial nerve, retromandibular vein, external carotid artery, auricular temporal nerve, parotid lymph nodes
3/ Superficial and deep parotid lymph nodes, which then empty into the superior deep cervical lymph nodes
4/ Facial nerve
5/ Modified Blair Incision

@admin said in Station - parotid gland:

The incision runs posterior to the mandible and up inferior to the tragus of the ear. Loss of cutaneous sensation to the ear lobe is therefore a risk of the procedure

The incision is called Modified Blair and the loss of cutaneous sensation is due to the sacrifice/ injury to the great auricular nerve (a branch of the facial nerve)