“…However, conventional open branchial cleft cyst resection usually requires a long incision line (more than 5.0 cm) on the neck, which is always opened, and sometimes leaves a prominent scar on the anterior neck [11], occasionally disturbing both patients and doctors. To overcome this obstacle, various approaches have been reported during the past decades, such as facelift approach [12], retroauricular approach [11,13,14], and endoscope-assisted neck approach [15,16]. These various approaches and methods have their own advantages and pitfalls, and which approach is the best choice for branchial cyst resection is still controversy.…”