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- Title
Palatine tonsil volume estimation using different methods after tonsillectomy.
- Authors
Sağıroğlu, Ayşe; Acer, Niyazi; Okuducu, Hacı; Ertekin, Tolga; Erkan, Mustafa; Durmaz, Esra; Aydın, Mesut; Yılmaz, Seher; Zararsız, Gökmen
- Abstract
This study was carried out to measure the volume of the palatine tonsil in otorhinolaryngology outpatients with complaints of adenotonsillar hypertrophy and chronic tonsillitis who had undergone tonsillectomy. To date, no study has investigated palatine tonsil volume using different methods and compared with subjective tonsil size in the literature. For this purpose, we used three different methods to measure palatine tonsil volume. The correlation of each parameter with tonsil size was assessed. After tonsillectomy, palatine tonsil volume was measured by Archimedes, Cavalieri and Ellipsoid methods. Mean right-left palatine tonsil volumes were calculated as 2.63 ± 1.34 cm and 2.72 ± 1.51 cm by the Archimedes method, 3.51 ± 1.48 cm and 3.37 ± 1.36 cm by the Cavalieri method, and 2.22 ± 1.22 cm and 2.29 ± 1.42 cm by the Ellipsoid method, respectively. Excellent agreement was found among the three methods of measuring volumetric techniques according to Bland-Altman plots. In addition, tonsil grade was correlated significantly with tonsil volume.
- Subjects
THROAT diseases; TONSILLECTOMY complications; HYPERTROPHY; THROAT surgery; DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Anatomical Science International, 2017, Vol 92, Issue 4, p500
- ISSN
1447-6959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12565-016-0350-1