A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess
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 imp...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-219267fc64bb496cbe27e1860c7768492022-12-22T02:20:56ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182018-08-01835010.3390/diagnostics8030050diagnostics8030050A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar AbscessTobias Todsen0Mads Georg Stage1Christoffer Holst Hahn2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery & Audiology, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery & Audiology, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery & Audiology, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkPeritonsillar 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.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/8/3/50point-of-care ultrasoundintraoral ultrasoundperitonsillar abscessultrasound-guided aspiration |
| spellingShingle | Tobias Todsen Mads Georg Stage Christoffer Holst Hahn A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess Diagnostics point-of-care ultrasound intraoral ultrasound peritonsillar abscess ultrasound-guided aspiration |
| title | A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess |
| title_full | A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess |
| title_fullStr | A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess |
| title_short | A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess |
| title_sort | novel technique for intraoral ultrasound guided aspiration of peritonsillar abscess |
| topic | point-of-care ultrasound intraoral ultrasound peritonsillar abscess ultrasound-guided aspiration |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/8/3/50 |
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