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The Effect of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy on neutrophil chemotaxis
Author(s) -
Sennaroḡlu Levent,
Önerci Metin,
Hascelik GÜlsen
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-199312000-00005
Subject(s) - tonsillectomy , adenoidectomy , chronic tonsillitis , medicine , adenoid hypertrophy , adenoid , tonsillitis , surgery
Although tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are common surgical procedures, the effects of these operations on the immune system have not been thoroughly determined. Our data on neutrophil chemotaxic functions in a group of 17 patients with chronic tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy show that chronic tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy impair neutrophil chemotaxic functions and that there is a subsequent normalization of these values following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.