• The greater auricular nerve and accessory nerves must be protected during rhytidectomy. Extra caution should be exercised when performing dissection in Erb’s point area. Remaining superficial to the fascia over the sternomastoid at Erb’s point ensures that injury to the greater auricular and accessory nerve is avoided
  • Erb’s point is located 6 cm inferior to the ear lobule and along the posterior sternomastoid border