Taste disorders after tonsillectomy: a long-term follow-up
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 ag...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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27 March 2012
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The laryngoscope
Year: 2012, Volume: 122, Issue: 6, Pages: 1265-1266 |
| ISSN: | 1531-4995 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/lary.23270 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lary.23270 Verlag, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lary.23270 
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| Author Notes: | Clemens Heiser, MD; Basile N. Landis, MD; Roland Giger, MD; Helene Cao Van, MD; Nils Guinand, MD; Karl Hörmann, MD; Boris A. Stuck, MD |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 23.04.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1531-4995 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/lary.23270 |