[Otolaryngological surgical procedures and HIV infection]

The authors present the problem with HIV positive patients which have an ear, nose and throat disease. ENT doctors are the group of high risk of AIDS. Up to now we haven't got a test useful for early diagnosis in AIDS (specially this period between infection and seroconversion+--"serological window"). This fact requires special cautions from ENT surgeons++. The authors describe the methods of individual prevention from AIDS and, the surgical instruments sterilization.