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CO2-Lasertonsillotomy Under Local Anesthesia in Adults
Published on: November 6, 2019
[Peritonsillar phlegmons and abscesses. Retrospective study of 100 cases]
V Pino Rivero1, G Trinidad Ruiz, G Pardo Romero
1Facultativo Especialista de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Infanta Cristina, Badajoz. vicentepinorivero@terra.com
Abstract:
Our main goal was performing a retrospective study about peritonsillar cellulitis and abscess to prove the efficiency of treatment. So that we have collected 100 clinical histories of admitted patients in our ENT Service between 1990 and 2001 with such pathology and analysed a serie of variables and the treatment given in each case. It is one of the most common infectious diseases of the head and neck region. If aspiration positive, it require an incision and drainage to improve the symptoms (throat pain, fever, dysphagia and trismus). We have made no immediate tonsillectomies. All the patients were hospitalized and average stay was 3 days. 21 patients were re-admitted because of a recurrence pathology before the later programmed surgery.
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