Transtonsillar drainage of parapharyngeal abscess

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-52

  Badran, K ^a   Karkos, P D ^b,c   Acharya, M ^a   Daud, A ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parapharyngeal abscess; Tonsillectomy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFADROXIL;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUCOSA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 29344433888     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-005-0955-9     Document Type: Article

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