The management of quinsy--a prospective study
| Autor: | Martin Bricknell, C. R. Chowdhury |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Phlegmon Recurrence Incision and drainage medicine Humans Prospective Studies Peritonsillar Abscess Abscess Prospective cohort study Tonsillectomy business.industry General Medicine Length of Stay medicine.disease Surgery Tonsillitis Military Personnel Otorhinolaryngology Quinsy Drainage Female Complication business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of laryngology and otology. 106(11) |
| ISSN: | 0022-2151 |
| Popis: | A prospective study for the treatment of quinsy was undertaken between January 1989 and September 1991. This was to determine whether abscess tonsillectomy reduces inpatient stay without increasing operative risk compared to incision and drainage combined with interval tonsillectomy. Fifty-three patients were entered into the study. Twenty-one had abscess tonsillectomy and 32 had incision and drainage. This study showed that there is a 95 per cent probability that abscess tonsillectomy reduces hospital stay by between 2.04 and 4.84 (Student's t test t = 5.01; df = 31, p |
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