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Indications of pediatric tonsillectomy [PDF]

, 2013
Possible indications for tonsillectomy include sleep apnea and other obstructive sleep-related breathing disorders, recurrent tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis (PFAPA), and other miscellaneous ...
Gysin, C
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Patient attitudes to tonsillectomy. [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction. Recent changes to primary care trusts' Procedures of Limited Clinical Value (PLCV) policy mean that otolaryngologists must now follow policy rather than exercising clinical judgment when listing patients for tonsillectomy. Objectives.
McClelland, Lisha, Ubayasiri, Kishan, De, Mriganka, Kothari, Ravi   +3 more
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Phenotype Expansion of Malan Syndrome: New Cases and a Review of the Literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Malan syndrome is an ultra‐rare overgrowth syndrome caused by pathogenic variants or deletions in nuclear factor one X (NFIX) located at 19p13.2. Here, we report a comprehensive literature review and phenotyping of known patients with Malan syndrome and present a novel cohort of eight patients.
Alex F. Nisbet, Sylvie A. Adams, Zoe S. Katz, Christal G. Delagrammatikas, Kosuke Izumi, Winifred Sigal, Kim Ventarola, Elaine H. Zackai, Julia E. Reid, Grant T. Liu, Jennifer M. Kalish   +10 more
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Comparison of three tonsillectomy techniques in children

, 2021
Purpose Tonsillectomy is still one of the most common surgical procedures worldwide performed by otorhinolaryngologists. This single-blind randomized study aimed to compare cold dissection tonsillectomy, coblation tonsillectomy, and harmonic scalpel ...
Taşlı, Hamdi, Karaman, Nesibe Esra, Akbal, Seçkin, Subaşı, Buğra, Oğhan, Fatih   +4 more
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Chiari I Malformation: Review and Update of Current Treatment Options

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pathophysiology of Chiari malformation type I (CM‐I) is complex, involving structural abnormalities at the craniovertebral junction that result in herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. In this study, we aim to present and evaluate current treatment options for CM‐I, with a focus on evidence‐based clinical ...
Jordan J. Lo, Shuhei Shiino, Stephen Z. Shapiro, Brianna L. Hines, Noritaka Komune, Carmine Antonio Donofrio, Filippo Badaloni, Antonio Fioravanti, Joseph Lockwood, C. J. Bui, Aaron S. Dumont, R. Shane Tubbs   +11 more
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Impact of NICE guidance on rates of haemorrhage after tonsillectomy: an evaluation of guidance issued during an ongoing national tonsillectomy audit

, 2008
Background: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidance on surgical techniques for tonsillectomy during a national audit of surgical practice and postoperative complications.
Lewsey, J.D., Audit, N.P.T., Audit, National Prospective Tonsillectomy   +2 more
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Platelet function testing in patients with post-operative tonsillectomy bleeding may be a useful early identifier of inherited platelet function disorders.

, 2020
BACKGROUND Post-tonsillectomy bleeding is the most frequent complication of tonsillectomy. Inherited platelet function disorders have an estimated prevalence of 1 per cent.
Thomson, B J, James, T W, Naumann, D N, Stevenson, D S   +3 more
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Identifying observational studies of surgical interventions in MEDLINE and EMBASE [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Health technology as sessments of surgical interventions frequently require the inclusion of non-randomised evidence. Literature search strategies employed to identify this evidence often exclude a methodological component because of ...
Burr Jennifer, Murray, Alison Catherine, Fraser, Cynthia Mary, Murray Alison, Fraser, Cynthia, Murray, Alison, Burr, Jennifer Margaret, Burr, Jennifer, Fraser Cynthia, Alison Murray, Jennifer Burr, Cynthia Fraser   +11 more
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Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Enables Primary Tumor Localization and Treatment De‐Escalation in SCCUP: A Case Report

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Unknown primary cancer in the head and neck presents a difficult surgical treatment dilemma. Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary (SCCUP) typically present with an enlarging neck mass found on biopsy but with no indication of primary site on diagnostic exams such as flexible laryngoscopy, CT, MRI, and/or PET/CT ...
Nikhil Bellamkonda, Nitish Khurana, Eric Babajanian, Hamidreza Ghandehari, Jeremiah A. Alt, Richard B. Cannon   +5 more
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Evaluation of Patients with Post-Tonsillectomy Bleeding in a Second-Degree State Hospital Our Patients with Post-Tonsillectomy Bleeding

, 2014
Aim: Investigation of features of patients with post-tonsillectomy bleeding and evaluation of clinical approach to those patients in a second-degree state hospital.
Mustafa Suphi Elbistanlı, Tolgar Lütfi Kumral, Şebnem Elbistanlı, Reşit Murat Açıkalın   +3 more
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