Long-Term Results From Tonsillectomy in Adults

Senska, Götz; Atay, Halil; Pütter, Carolin; Dost, Philip

doi:10.3238/arztebl.2015.0849

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“…Recurrent or chronic tonsillitis is currently a global public health issue which can severely impair an individual’s quality of life. 77 , 147 Microbial biofilms are a major cause of repeated tonsillitis in both pediatric and adult cohorts, and more research is needed to develop new treatment strategies. 107 , 148 , 149 Treatment modalities should however be based on careful selection and individual consideration of the potential impact of biofilms on cases of recurrent tonsillitis.…”

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“… 76 However, another research study focusing on adults found that tonsillectomy promotes and improves long-term health and quality of life, thus saving health resources. 77 …”

Section: Recurrent Tonsillitis and Tonsillectomymentioning

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“… 42 , 90 – 94 Biofilms in general (and chronic tonsillitis specifically) can therefore lead to substantial economic costs for countries and individuals and health concerns and are an evolving public health problem in both high- and low-resource settings. 77 , 95 – 100 For this reason, multiple research studies have attempted to resolve the issues of both biofilms and recurrent tonsillitis. 59 , 61 , 101 – 108 …”

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Chronic tonsillitis and biofilms: a brief overview of treatment modalities

Bakar¹,

McKimm²,

Haque³

et al. 2018

JIR

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Recurrent tonsillitis is described as when an individual suffers from several attacks of tonsillitis per year. Chronic and recurrent tonsillitis both cause repeated occurrences of inflamed tonsils which have a significant impact on a patient’s quality of life. Numerous children suffer from recurrent tonsillitis and sore throats, and these illnesses become part of their life. Antimicrobials can provide temporary relief, but in many cases, tonsillitis recurs. The cause of such recurrent infections have been identified as microorganisms which often create biofilms and a repository of infection in the wet and warm folds of the tonsils. This review discusses different treatment modalities, their advantages and disadvantages, and new treatment options focusing on biofilms. All treatment options should be selected based on evidence and individual need.

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“… 76 However, another research study focusing on adults found that tonsillectomy promotes and improves long-term health and quality of life, thus saving health resources. 77 …”

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Chronic tonsillitis and biofilms: a brief overview of treatment modalities

Bakar¹,

McKimm²,

Haque³

et al. 2018

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“…Destaca que el implante osteointegrado influye poco en el aspecto somático de la calidad de vida, ya que no es éste el objetivo de este tipo de procedimiento, que lo que busca es una mejora de la capacidad auditiva del paciente. Sin embargo, estudios realizados en otros procedimientos otorrinolaringológicos, como la amigdalectomía, muestran resultados diferentes de calidad de vida en cuanto al beneficio por subescalas del GBI, obteniendo los mejores resultados en el aspecto físico, en contraposición del beneficio general y social del procedimiento [17,18], debido a que el objetivo que se pretende alcanzar en este caso sí que es una mejora en la sintomatología física del individuo. Los estudios realizados en calidad de vida en pacientes sometidos a cirugía de schwannoma vestibular muestran datos totalmente opuestos, demostrando en la mayoría de los pacientes un deterioro en su calidad de vida [19], esto puede ser debido a que los síntomas iniciales de esta patología suelen ser leves y, sin embargo, las secuelas postquirúrgicas pueden ser muy invalidantes.…”

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Resultado funcional y social de los implantes auditivos osteointegrados

Moreno-Alarcón

Belinchón-Diego

2017

Rev. ORL

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“…The lifetime prevalence of common RT is 7-11% [9]. Only a few studies have addressed whether recurrent tonsillopharyngitis affects QOL in adults [1,5,6,10,11], although this has been well-studied in children [6,7,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. In 2012, Skevas et al introduced the Tonsillectomy Outcome Inventory 14 , which was the first worldwide-validated instrument to measure disease-specific QOL in adults with RT [25].…”

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Normative tonsillectomy outcome inventory 14 values as a decision-making tool for tonsillectomy

Plath

Sand

Federspil

et al. 2020

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Purpose The study aimed to determine normative values for the Tonsillectomy Outcome Inventory 14 (TOI-14) in a healthy middle-European cohort. We also compared these generated values with TOI-14 scores from a patient population with recurrent tonsillitis (RT) and explored the factorial structure of the TOI-14. Methods We systematically studied the responses of healthy individuals (reference cohort) and patients with RT (clinical cohort) to the TOI-14 survey. The reference cohort contained 1000 participants, who were recruited using the Respondi panel for market and social science research. This subsample was quoted to the population distribution of the German Microcensus and selected from a non-probability panel. Tonsillitis patients were assessed before and 6 and 12 months after tonsillectomy. Data were analysed using principal component and exploratory factor analyses. Results The PCA revealed three TOI-14 domains (physiological, psychological and socio-economic), which explained 73% of the total variance. The reference cohort perceived a good quality of life (QOL) with a TOI-14 total score of 11.8 (physiological: 8.0, psychological: 5.8, and socio-economic subscale score: 13.9). TOI-14 scores were higher in the patient cohort, indicating that the TOI-14 discriminates between patients with RT and healthy individuals with no RT. Age and female gender significantly influenced the total TOI-14 score, especially in the psychological (age) and socio-economic (gender) subscales. Conclusion We have developed a set of normative values that, together with the TOI-14, can determine the disease burden indicating tonsillectomy.

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Long-Term Results From Tonsillectomy in Adults

Cited by 19 publications

References 26 publications

Chronic tonsillitis and biofilms: a brief overview of treatment modalities

Chronic tonsillitis and biofilms: a brief overview of treatment modalities

Resultado funcional y social de los implantes auditivos osteointegrados

Normative tonsillectomy outcome inventory 14 values as a decision-making tool for tonsillectomy

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