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Unilateral immediate tonsillectomy as the treatment of peritonsillar abscess: Results, with special attention to pharyngitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Per-Henrik Christensen  and
Ulf Schønsted-Madsen
Per-Henrik Christensen*
Affiliation:
Odense, Denmark
Ulf Schønsted-Madsen
Affiliation:
Odense, Denmark
*
Per-Henrik Christensen, M.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.
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Abstract

The results of unilateral immediate tonsillectomy, as the routine treatment of peritonsillar abscess, were studies in 47 patients with no previous history of serious tonsillitis. The follow-up was carried out between three and four years after operation.

The incidence of tonsillitis in the contralateral tonsil remained unchanged and peritonsillar abscess did not occur in that tonsil. Symptoms of pharyngitis, periodic or chronic, were present in three patients only. This was found to be significantly lower than that found in the literature in a similar group of patients in whom bilateral immediate tonsillectomy had been performed.

The results are discussed and the authors recommend unilateral immediate tonsillectomy in cases of peritonsillar abscess in all patients with no previous history of serious tonsillitis, as this apparently prevents the troublesome side-effects of chronic pharyngitis.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 97 , Issue 12 , December 1983 , pp. 1105 - 1109
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1983

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