[Tonsillectomy effects on physical development of young men]. / Vliianie tonzilléktomii na fizicheskoe razvitie iunoshei.

5 days of lowering of body mass followed by body mass gain up to its presurgery value 3 weeks after tonsillectomy was observed in 76 young men aged 15-17. These changes are explained by post-tonsillectomy diet. 247 adolescents with chronic tonsillitis had height and body mass greater than those in control group of 364 healthy subjects. Still higher mass and height were registered in 109 youths 2 years after tonsillectomy. Many of the latter had obesity.

[Leukocytic intoxication index in tonsillar diseases]. / Leikotsitarnyi indeks intoksikatsii pri razlichnykh vidakh tonzilliarnoi patologii.

Leukocytic intoxication index (LII) was calculated according to Ya. Ya. Kalf-Kalif formula in 184 patients with tonsillar affections. It grew from follicular and lacunar angina to paratonsillitis and paratonsillar abscesses early in the disease and fell on the treatment day 6. In chronic decompensated tonsillitis before and after tonsillectomy LII was not informative. To predict outcomes in anginas, paratonsillitis and paratonsillar abscesses, follow-up of LII is recommended.