Heiser, Clemens; Landis, Basile N; Giger, Roland; Cao Van, Helene; Guinand, Nils; Hörmann, Karl; Stuck, Boris A (2012). Taste disorders after tonsillectomy: a long-term follow-up. Laryngoscope, 122(6), pp. 1265-6. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1002/lary.23270
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)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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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders (ENT) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Giger, Roland |
ISSN: |
0023-852X |
Publisher: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:38 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:12 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/lary.23270 |
PubMed ID: |
22460623 |
Web of Science ID: |
000304711000015 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/15564 (FactScience: 222943) |
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