Palatine tonsil volume estimation using different methods after tonsillectomy.
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 cm3and 2.72 ± 1.51 cm3by the Archimedes method, 3.51 ± 1.48 cm3and 3.37 ± 1.36 cm3by the Cavalieri method, and 2.22 ± 1.22 cm3and 2.29 ± 1.42 cm3by 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.
Department of Anatomy, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, 38039, Turkey. sagirogluayse@yahoo.com.
Ayşe
A
Sağıroğlu
Department of Anatomy, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, 38039, Turkey.
Niyazi
N
Acer
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Maya Eye and Ear, Nose, Throat Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.
Hacı
H
Okuducu
Department of Anatomy, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, 38039, Turkey.
Tolga
T
Ertekin
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
Mustafa
M
Erkan
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Konya Numune Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Esra
E
Durmaz
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kayseri Education and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.
Mesut
M
Aydın
Department of Anatomy, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, 38039, Turkey.
Seher
S
Yılmaz
Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
Gökmen
G
Zararsız
D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D010336:Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult
Grade; Palatine tonsil; Tonsillectomy; Volume