Peritonsillar Abscess: Aspiration Versus Tonsillectomy a Chaud

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-11-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) has a relatively high incidence of 41 per 100,000/year in Denmark. In spite of that, there is no regional or national consensus on treatment of PTA. Abscess drainage can be done by aspiration, incision or acute tonsillectomy. Several studies show that incision and aspiration are equally successful. The aim for this study is to compare aspiration to acute tonsillectomy (tonsillectomy a chaud) in a RCT study regarding sick-leave days, days of admission, pain, consumption of antibiotics, consumption of painkillers and patients´ self-assessed quality of life.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Odense University Hospital
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clindamycin; Clindamycin palmitate; Clindamycin phosphate; Metronidazole; Penicillin V; Penicillins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Peritonsillar abscess

Exclusion Criteria:

• respiratory distress

• suspected malignancy

• previous PTA

• history of recurrent tonsillitis

• patients with poor compliance to aspiration