1964
Airway Obstruction in Infectious Mononucleosis
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“…Palatine tonsillectomy appears to be a safe and well-tolerated operation in IM (Woolf and Diedericks, 1989). The usual cause of the upper respiratory obstruction is thus directly and rapidly relieved, swallowing is improved, and an external scar is avoided (Yeager, 1964;Ranta and Grahne, 1956).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Palatine tonsillectomy appears to be a safe and well-tolerated operation in IM (Woolf and Diedericks, 1989). The usual cause of the upper respiratory obstruction is thus directly and rapidly relieved, swallowing is improved, and an external scar is avoided (Yeager, 1964;Ranta and Grahne, 1956).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Significant morbidity has been reported from both procedures. 16. 17 We do not advocate any surgical intervention unless the patient's condition is unstable or unresponsive to conservative measures.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There was improvement in breathing post-operatively and no exacerbation of the generalized glandular fever. Yeager (1964) also used tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in a child of 41 years. Anaesthesia was induced with open vinyl ether using an airway past the tonsils and having a tracheostomy set at hand.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
