Tonsillectomy or adeno-tonsillectomy versus non-surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Burton, Martin J ^a   Glasziou, Paul P ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Adenoidectomy; Adult; Child; Chronic disease; Humans; Pharyngitis diagnosis ; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Recurrence; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillitis surgery; *therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; UNCERTAINTY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 67549101412     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001802.pub2     Document Type: Review

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