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  • Title: The effect of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy on neutrophil chemotaxis.
    Author: Sennaroglu L, Onerci M, Hascelik G.
    Journal: Laryngoscope; 1993 Dec; 103(12):1349-51. PubMed ID: 8246653.
    Abstract:
    Although tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are common surgical procedures, the effects of these operations on the immune system have not been thoroughly determined. Our data on neutrophil chemotaxic functions in a group of 17 patients with chronic tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy show that chronic tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy impair neutrophil chemotaxic functions and that there is a subsequent normalization of these values following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.
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