THE EFFECT OF TONSILLECTOMY ON NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS IN ADULTS WITH CHRONIC TONSILLITIS

Citation
M. Onerci et al., THE EFFECT OF TONSILLECTOMY ON NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS IN ADULTS WITH CHRONIC TONSILLITIS, European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology, 252(8), 1995, pp. 488-490
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
ISSN journal
09374477
Volume
252
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
488 - 490
Database
ISI
SICI code
0937-4477(1995)252:8<488:TEOTON>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Neutrophil random motility and chemotactic responsiveness were determi ned in 17 healthy adults and 19 adult patients with chronic tonsilliti s before and 10 days after tonsillectomy, using a modified Boyden cham ber method. The mean chemotactic index values of the healthy controls were significantly higher when compared with the chronic tonsillitis p atients before tonsillectomy. The postoperative mean chemotactic value s were increased, and there was a statistically significant difference between the mean chemotactic index of neutrophils in preoperative and postoperative patients. The authors conclude that this change in host defense mechanism may be the reason for frequent attacks of acute ton sillitis in these patients.