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  • Title: Taste disorders after tonsillectomy: a long-term follow-up.
    Author: Heiser C, Landis BN, Giger R, Cao Van H, Guinand N, Hörmann K, Stuck BA.
    Journal: Laryngoscope; 2012 Jun; 122(6):1265-6. PubMed ID: 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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