Is the number of tonsillectomies and tonsillotomies a relevant issue?
| Autor: | Y.-S. Chen, J. P. Windfuhr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Age structure medicine.medical_treatment Palatine Tonsil Tonsillitis Population 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Germany medicine Humans 030223 otorhinolaryngology education Tonsillectomy education.field_of_study High prevalence business.industry General surgery medicine.disease Young age Plastic surgery Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Adenoids business |
| Zdroj: | HNO. 68:50-55 |
| ISSN: | 1433-0458 0017-6192 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00106-019-00797-w |
| Popis: | A second-opinion procedure was introduced for (adeno)tonsillectomy and tonsillotomy in 2018 by the Federal Joint Committee, due to the assumed high prevalence of both procedures. This study was conducted to quantify and analyze both types of tonsil surgery in Germany. Data from the Federal Office of Statistics on the number of procedures and population size were used to calculate annual intervention rates between 2005 and 2017. Percentual changes in intervention rates compared to the previous year were calculated for Germany, for the total number of ENT specialists, for the ENT specialists of the federal states, and for four age groups (≤10; ≤20; ≤40; >40 years). Regression analysis revealed a significant decrease in (adeno)tonsillectomy and a significant increase in tonsillotomy in each investigated year (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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