title: Betropharyngeal abscesses: Revisited.
abstract: Retropharyngeal abscesses were fairly common in preantibiotic era but the advent of antibiotics has reduced the overall incidence of these abscesses. They still continue to occur specially in developing world and carry significant morbidity and even mortality if not managed properly. The prevalence of this abscess in the young children pose a bigger challenge, as the examination of oral cavity is difficult. Emphasis is placed on the age, sex, type, and duration of symptoms, bacteriology, methodology of diagnosis, therapy and complications. With proper antibiotic cover and surgical management, majority of patients today survive without major residual squeal. Hereby we present a series of 15 cases of retropharyngeal abscess.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of ENT and Microbiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Ram Nagar, Doiwala, Dehradun. (U.A.) 248 140 India.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bist
authors.forename: Pratima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Rajat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhatia
keywords: Pharyngeal abscess; Retropharyngeal abscess