Table 1.

Postoperative Pathology and Rate of Nerve Paresis in Patients Presenting with Deep Lobe of Parotid Lesions (n = 20).

		Intraoperative Facial Nerve Position		P Value*
		Abnormal	Normal
Pathology	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
First branchial cleft cyst	4 (20.0)	2 (16.7)	2 (25)	.41
Lymphatic malformation	6 (30.0)	2 (16.7)	4 (50)
Veno‐lymphatic malformation	2 (10.0)	2 (16.7)	0 (0)
Venous malformation	1 (5.0)	0 (0)	1 (12.5)
Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma	1 (5.0)	1 (8.3)	0 (0)
Pleomorphic adenoma	4 (20.0)	3 (25)	1 (12.5)
Sclerosing polycystic adenosis	1 (5.0)	1 (8.3)	0 (0)
Sialolipoma	1 (5.0)	1 (8.3)	0 (0)
Nerve paresis (Yes)	7 (35)	2 (25)	5 (42)	.36

^* P value is calculated by Pearson's correlation between patients with or without abnormal position of nerve.