peritonsillar abscess

..To evaluate and introduce a new method of tonsillectomy using the Thermal Welding System (TWS)...

..The objective of the study was to compare and assess parameters related to thermal welding tonsillectomy (TWT) vs ligasure tonsillectomy (LT)...

..Although diseases of the tonsils like hypertrophy of the tonsil, acute tonsillitis, chronic tonsillitis or peritonsillar abscess are common, little is known about the underlying pathophysiology...

..Incision and drainage (52%) was the most common form of treatment of non-resolving patients. The median hospital stay was two days...

b>Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) can be a life-threatening disease and may lead to significant complications without drainage...

To examine whether obtaining bacterial Gram stain and aerobic/anaerobic cultures alters management of patients with peritonsillar abscess.

No conclusive data are available regarding the influence of the microbial content of a peritonsillar abscess (PTA) on the development of recurrence...

OBJECTIVE: peritonsillar abscess is the most common deep neck infection in adults and children. However, pediatric patients with their smaller anatomy and often inability to cooperate with exam and treatment, provide a challenge...

At the moment, regardless of the prevalence of the peritonsillar abscess (PTA), a definite protocol concerning the treatment of PTA has not yet been established and the treatment remains controversial...

Several surgical methods are used to treat peritonsillar abscess, but no protocol for outpatient medical treatment has yet been published...

The diagnosis of peritonsillar abscess (PTA) poses a challenge to emergency physicians (EPs). The decision to perform an invasive procedure with potential complications is based on clinical judgment that is often inaccurate...

b>Peritonsillar abscess is the most common deep infection of the head and neck. This article focuses on the different methods to manage this infection...

b>Peritonsillar abscess remains the most common deep infection of the head and neck...

1. To describe the epidemiology of peritonsillar abscess disease in Northern Ireland. 2. To describe the impact of the nature of microbiological sampling on culture results.

..Doctors should pay more attention to those high-risk patients; they are female patients, patients with neck swelling, and patients with respiratory difficulty...

Necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) of the neck and chest wall resulting from neglected peritonsillar abscess is a relatively rare but highly lethal surgical condition which has received little attention in the literature...

b>Peritonsillar abscess, the most common deep infection of the head and neck that occurs in adults, is typically formed by a combination of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. The presenting symptoms include fever, throat pain, and trismus...

..One of the most dreaded and the most lethal form of mediastinitis is descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM)...

..To make these decisions the surgeon must understand the anatomy of the region and the etiology of infection, appropriate diagnostic workup, and medical and surgical management. This article provides a review of these pertinent topics...

..Infections of the deep neck spaces with accompanying mediastinitis are still a therapeutic problem with a high mortality...

..To study the clinical course and outcome of deep neck infections (DNI), with special emphasis on microbiology and histopathology...

..incidence of bilateral peritonsillar abscesses is unknown, but the incidence of unsuspected contralateral peritonsillar abscess identified at tonsillectomy has been reported to be between 1.9% and 24%...

Smoking has not properly been investigated as a predisposing factor for the development of a peritonsillar abscess.

..Our approach was effective and resulted in a rapid resolution of the symptoms. The management and different approaches to parapharyngeal abscess are discussed, and the literature is reviewed...

..The patient underwent unilateral tonsillectomy, drainage of the peritonsillar abscess, and a myringotomy on the right side...

..Features suggestive of viral bacterial (GABHS) etiologies, the medical and surgical guidelines for managing tonsillopharyngitis, and its complications are highlighted in this article...

..The use of disposable blades in CST certainly reduces the risk of the transmission of Cruetzfield-Jacob disease (CJD)...

..To study the circumstances of diagnosis, the supporting factors, the bacteriology, and the therapeutic management of peritonsillar abscesses (quinsy)...

..Descending necrotizing anterior mediastinitis (DNAM) is a severe infectious disease with a very high mortality rate. The aim of this study was to define the impact of several clinical factors on survival...

..To assess the socioeconomic factors, presentation, aetiological factors, microbiology, and management of deep neck abscesses...

..To describe increasing incidence and changing microbiology of head and neck abscesses in children admitted to the hospital during the first quarters of 2000 through 2003...

1) To describe the demographic features and clinical course of children diagnosed with suspected peritonsillar abscess (PTA), (2) to determine the incidence of suspected and confirmed PTA in children younger than 18 years, and (3) to ..

..Our aim was to recall the pathogenesis, clinic aspects and therapeutic options for Lemierre's syndrome...

..To evaluate the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics in children with peritonsillar infections...

..Peritonsillar and retropharyngeal abscesses are the most common deep head and neck infections. We present a series of patients with these infections...

..Through a 10-year retrospective study, we report our experience in the management of descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM), a rare and often lethal complication of odontogenic and oropharyngeal infections...

..Parapharyngeal abscess is the second most common deep neck abscess after peritonsillar abscess. The diagnosis is both clinical and radiologic...

To investigate and study the management pattern of peritonsillar abscess, the male to female ratio and incidence. Also, to evaluate the causative organism isolated from abscess and reported by culture/sensitivity (C/S).

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..The etiology of methemoglobinemia, the causative agents, the diagnosis, and the emergency treatment required are discussed...

..necrotizing phlegmon of the neck and descending mediastinitis in 48 year old male patient with primary peritonsillar abscess. On the base of literature it was showed the etiology, pathomechanism of the evolution of this heavy ..

In the United Kingdom, patients with a peritonsillar abscess are usually managed as inpatients. However, studies in other countries have shown successful management of these patients as outpatients...

..The aim of this study is to evaluate the results with the association of thoracotomy and cervicotomy, medical care in an intensive care unit, and daily washing of drained cervical and thoracic tissues...

b>Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is commonly seen but still controversial...

..Discuss potential patterns in the epidemiology of infectious disease of the head and neck...

..The combination of accurate diagnosis, effective antibiotic therapy, airway maintenance, and intensive surgical debridement for those who fail to respond to conservative treatment will lead to a good prognosis...

..to their surgical indication: tonsillar hypertrophy (n = 235), recurrent tonsillitis (n = 280) or peritonsillar abscess (n = 23)...

..To review recent clinical trials that provide a foundation on which clinicians can base decisions regarding adenotonsillar surgery for their patients...

Recurrent acute tonsillitis, peritonsillar infections and quinsy (peritonsillar abscess) are common clinical conditions that present to a general practitioner...

..This article presents seven cases of patients with tonsillar abscess formation and discusses the pathophysiology of intratonsillar abscess formation...

..Five patients had congenital cyst and 4 of them had complications or recurrence/relapse. In conclusion, infections in the retropharyngeal space and polymicrobial infections were most common in deep neck infection of Taiwan children...

..sinusitis (447 with acute sinusitis and 426 with chronic sinusitis), acute tonsillitis (724 patients), and peritonsillar abscess (141 patients) performed between November 1998 and March 1999...

..Other objectives are to determine if a seasonal variation exists and to examine the role of routine bacterial cultures and interval tonsillectomy...

..If abscess formation is suspected, surgical intervention is indicated. In all other cases I.V. antibiotics should be administered and control sonography should be carried out...

..Today, neck infections are rarely life threatening when sound and timely management is applied...

..Death can occur from aspiration, airway obstruction, erosion into major blood vessels, or extension to the mediastinum...

b>Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is the most common deep neck space infection treated by otolaryngologists affecting predominantly young adults...

Parapharyngeal abscess may cause life-threatening complications. Peritonsillar abscess and tonsillitis may result in parapharyngeal abscess...

..Obviously, TE is indicated if there is suspicion of neoplasm. Peritonsillar abscess per se is no indication for TE, unless the abscess cannot be drained otherwise...

..To determine whether telephone preauthorization for reimbursement of ED care (medical "gate-keeping") by managed care organizations (MCOs) is associated with adverse outcomes...

..In 24 patients with acute tonsillitis/peritonsillar abscess, and in 26 patients with infectious mononucleosis, the total leucocyte count in the blood and the blood/..

..were investigated to determine the possible risks for serious hemorrhage during tonsillectomy, drainage of peritonsillar abscess, soft palate injuries, adenoidectomy and velopharyngeoplasty...

..from emergency medicine physicians at a general service hospital to a specialist (laryngeal trauma, acute peritonsillar abscess, TM perforations) using interactive means...

..BMJ 1984;288:1526-1527. 3. Jones C, Siva TM, Seymour FK, O'Reilly BJ. Lemierre's syndrome presenting with peritonsillar abscess and VIth cranial nerve palsy. J Laryngol Otol 2006;120:502-504 4. Mohammed Iqbal Syed et al...

..The typical infectious entrance is a deep wound, after surgery or a peritonsillar abscess. We describe a very unusual case of a craniocervical NF with a deadly outcome in a sixty year old female...

..of these potentially life-threatening conditions, which include oral cavity infections, tonsillitis and peritonsillar abscess, sialadenitis, parotiditis, diskitis, thrombophlebitis, periorbital and orbital cellulitis, infectious ..

..The patient had F. necrophorum within a peritonsillar abscess and multiple foci within her right lower extremity...

..CT scan of the throat and the chest showed left peritonsillar abscess formation, occlusion of the left internal jugular vein with inflammatory wall thickening and perijugular ..

..indications for tonsillectomy include recurrent pharyngotonsillitis, streptococcal carriage, recurrent peritonsillar abscess, halitosis, and presumed neoplasia...

..Infections at ENT wards constitute an essential clinical, organizational and economic issue...

..To assess whether treatment with penicillin for three days and the traditional treatment for seven days were equally as effective at accelerating resolution of symptoms in patients with sore throat compared with placebo...

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..None of the 21 patients who were operated on for peritonsillar abscess experienced any delayed postoperative bleeding. The mean decrease in hemoglobin was 2...

..Case 2 was a 39-year-old woman, who presented with left neck pain, fever chills and severe pharyngalacia. Peritonsillar abscess was diagnosed...

..Septicemia and pulmonary lesions develop as infection spreads via septic emboli. Although a rare entity in modern times, Lemierre syndrome remains a disease of considerable morbidity and potential mortality...

The microbiological cause of peritonsillar abscess and the role of group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS) are unclear...

The two major indications for tonsillectomy are recurrent tonsillitis (RT) and peritonsillar abscess (PTA)...

..Although deep neck infections are less common nowadays because of the widespread use of antibiotics, they continue to carry significant morbidity and mortality rates...

This retrospective, cohort study aims to assess the changing characteristics of peritonsillar abscess (PTA).

..The use of bipolar scissors versus blunt dissection tonsillectomy were compared in this study in order to evaluate postoperative bleeding and pain, as well as operative time...

..is usually caused by a spreading, diffuse inflammatory reaction (phlegmon) to an odontogenic infection or peritonsillar abscess. Reported mortality rates range from 25 to 40%...

..KD) causes multisystemic vasculitis but infrequently manifests with deep neck infections, such as a peritonsillar abscess, peritonsillar or deep neck cellulitis, suppurative parapharyngeal infection, or retropharyngeal abscess...

..During this period, the number of hospital admissions for acute mastoiditis, rhinosinusitis, and quinsy (peritonsillar abscess) was stable or declining...

..the management of a pediatric patient with recurrent, life-threatening nasopharyngeal hemorrhages due to a pseudoaneurysm of the internal carotid artery (ICA), most likely caused by deep neck infection following peritonsillar abscess.

..Adult group C beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis has a prevalence of approximately 5%. It can present with a broad spectrum of severity...

..Uvulits, typically in association with GAS, occurs occasionally. Peritonsillar abscess is the most common deep neck space infection seen in adolescents, but retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal ..

..To compare the potential risk of blood contamination of the surgeon's conjunctiva during tonsillectomy using disposable bipolar diathermy and reusable monopolar diathermy...

..of amoxicillin-sulbactam, experiences have shown the effectiveness of the combination in the treatment of peritonsillar abscess, otitis media, sinusitis, community acquired pneumonia, acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonar ..

..C. [3]. This operation is indicated for patients with recurrent tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, hypertrophy or asymmetry of the tonsils...

..He was referred to an emergency ENT unit for a suspected peritonsillar abscess but died of a massive aortic dissection and cardiac tamponation a few hours later...

..The aim of this study was to quantify the incidence and evaluate the risk factors of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage (PTH)...

..Using the data on CVD gathered by the JHS, we hope to better describe the pathogenesis of SNHL, and its relationship to stroke and CVD. ..

..Using the data on CVD gathered by the JHS, we hope to better describe the pathogenesis of SNHL, and its relationship to stroke and CVD. ..