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• W2222610549 abstract "Recurrent pharyngitis causes doctor visits, antibiotics use and absences from school or work and thus worsens patients’ quality of life (QOL). Even though tonsillectomy is often performed for recurrent pharyngitis, there is limited evidence of the tonsillectomy benefit concerning both researcherand patient-recorded outcomes. The intent of this work was to find out if tonsillectomy reduces numbers of pharyngitis episodes or symptom days, if tonsillectomy improves patients’ QOL and if there are any clinical factors predicting QOL benefit after tonsillectomy. Seventy adult patients with recurrent streptococcal pharyngitis (2001–2005) and 86 patients with recurrent pharyngitis of any origin (2007–2010) were enrolled for two randomised controlled trials. Patients with recurrent pharyngitis of any origin were followed up either before (control group, n=40) or after (tonsillectomy group, n=46) tonsillectomy. At five months of follow-up, 17 (43%) patients in the control group and 2 (4%) patients in the tonsillectomy group consulted a physician for pharyngitis. Thirty-two (80%) patients in the control group and 18 (39%) patients in the tonsillectomy group experienced any kind of pharyngitis episode. Only one episode was considered severe. The numbers of days with throat pain and fever were significantly lower in the tonsillectomy group. QOL of 142 responders measured by Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) six months after tonsillectomy showed improvement: median GBI total score was +27. However, GBI total scores varied considerably between the patients (range −19 to +69). Only one patient reported declined QOL. The number of prior pharyngitis episodes, frequent throat pain, untreated dental caries and chronically infected tonsils were the best clinical factors predicting QOL improvement. The precision of these predictions was still quite low. The results of this work suggest that tonsillectomy reduces numbers of acute pharyngitis episodes and symptoms. Although most of the episodes are not severe, tonsillectomy still generally improves patients’ QOL. The distribution of QOL benefit is broad, however. Throatrelated morbidity before tonsillectomy is the only clinical factor that was associated with patient satisfaction." @default.
• W2222610549 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W2222610549 creator A5019789322 @default.
• W2222610549 date "2015-01-01" @default.
• W2222610549 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
• W2222610549 title "Outcome after tonsillectomy in adult patients with recurrent pharyngitis" @default.
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