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[Serum immunoglobulin levels in tonsillectomized patients. An unsolved mystery]
F Redondo Ventura1, D Guerrero Gilabert, P Reina García
1Servicio de ORL, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola
|September 23, 2000
Abstract:
In a prospective study of 117 patients scheduled for tonsillectomy, with or without adenoidectomy, immunoglobulin levels were measured preoperatively and 1 to 6 months after intervention. Small deficiencies in IgG levels were observed, but levels were within normal limits. We have attempted to clarify the controversial topic of the immunological disturbances that may appear after this common intervention.