Relationship of Tonsils and Adenoids to the Type of Poliomyelitis

Tonsillectomy and Poliomyelitis

“…The relationship holds when the comparison is made specific for age and sex. When the comparison was reversed, similar results were obtained (Top, 1952;Weinstein, et al, 1954;Lucchesi and LaBoccetta, 1944). Thus, Anderson and Rondeau (1954) found that 36.6 per cent of previously tonsillectomized cases had bulbar involvement, as contrasted with onily 9.4 per cent of those cases not previously tonsillectomized.…”

Tonsillectomy and Poliomyelitis

“…The second hypothesis, namely, that tonsillectomy at any previous time, i.e., the absence of tonsils, predisposes to the bulbar form of poliomyelitis, is not so easily explained. Nevertheless, the association has received confirmation from several investigators (Lucchesi and LaBoccetta, 1944;Top, 1952;Southcott, 1953;Weinstein, et al, 1954).…”

“…The most recent study is that of Anderson and Rondeau (1954) (Top, 1952;Weinstein, et al, 1954;Lucchesi and LaBoccetta, 1944). Thus, Anderson and Rondeau (1954) found that 36.6 per cent of previously tonsillectomized cases had bulbar involvement, as contrasted with onily 9.4 per cent of those cases not previously tonsillectomized.…”

Relation of Absence of Tonsils to Bulbar Poliomyelitis

“…The maintenance of high qual¬ ity in the training of our future physicians is, of course, another and a different question. 1 …”