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A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess

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Title
A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess
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Diagnostics, August 2018
DOI 10.3390/diagnostics8030050
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Tobias Todsen, Mads Georg Stage, Christoffer Holst Hahn

Abstract

Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is a common complication to acute tonsillitis. The treatment is drainage of the abscess, but many needle aspirations are unsuccessful due to a low diagnostic accuracy based on oral examination only. In this article, we describe how intraoral ultrasound can be added to improve the diagnostic work-up of PTA and present a novel technique for ultrasound-guided aspiration of PTA, using a small pencil-shaped transducer. We present our first clinical experiences with this technique and describe how it could be integrated in a clinical setting to guide safe and successful needle aspirations of PTA.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 18 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 22%
Student > Master 4 22%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 4 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 44%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 5 28%
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