Taste disorders after tonsillectomy: a long-term follow-up.
Laryngoscope
; 122(6): 1265-6, 2012 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22460623
ABSTRACT
In a former study, taste disturbances after tonsillectomy seemed to be more frequent than expected. Eight percent of patients reported subjective taste disorders 6 months after tonsillectomy. Fifteen patients from the initial trial, who reported taste disorders after tonsillectomy, were contacted again for this long-term follow-up. A telephone interview using the same questionnaire addressing the current self-estimate of taste function was performed. At 32 ± 10 months following surgery, two (0.9%) patients still reported suffering from taste disturbance. This long-term follow-up study shows that dysgeusia following tonsillectomy occurs in approximately 1% of patients. These data should be considered when patients are informed about complications after tonsillectomy.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Distúrbios do Paladar
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Tonsilectomia
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Inquéritos e Questionários
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article