THE EFFECT OF TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY ON NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS

Authors
SENNAROGLU L ONERCI M HASCELIK G
Citation
L. Sennaroglu et al., THE EFFECT OF TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY ON NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS, The Laryngoscope, 103(12), 1993, pp. 1349-1351
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology,"Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
The Laryngoscope → ACNP
ISSN journal
0023852X
Volume
103
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1349 - 1351
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-852X(1993)103:12<1349:TEOTAA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Although tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are common surgical procedure s, 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 hypertroph y show that chronic tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy impair neutrop hil chemotaxic functions and that there is a subsequent normalization of these values following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.