title: The effect of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy on neutrophil chemotaxis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sennaroglu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onerci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hascelik
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery