A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess

TY - JOUR

T1 - A Novel Technique for Intraoral Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess

AU - Todsen, Tobias

AU - Stage, Mads Georg

AU - Holst Hahn, Christoffer

PY - 2018/9/1

Y1 - 2018/9/1

N2 - Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is a common complication to acute tonsillitis. The treatment is drainage of the abscess, but many needle aspirations are unsuccessful due to a low diagnostic accuracy based on oral examination only. In this article, we describe how intraoral ultrasound can be added to improve the diagnostic work-up of PTA and present a novel technique for ultrasound-guided aspiration of PTA, using a small pencil-shaped transducer. We present our first clinical experiences with this technique and describe how it could be integrated in a clinical setting to guide safe and successful needle aspirations of PTA.

AB - Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is a common complication to acute tonsillitis. The treatment is drainage of the abscess, but many needle aspirations are unsuccessful due to a low diagnostic accuracy based on oral examination only. In this article, we describe how intraoral ultrasound can be added to improve the diagnostic work-up of PTA and present a novel technique for ultrasound-guided aspiration of PTA, using a small pencil-shaped transducer. We present our first clinical experiences with this technique and describe how it could be integrated in a clinical setting to guide safe and successful needle aspirations of PTA.

U2 - 10.3390/diagnostics8030050

DO - 10.3390/diagnostics8030050

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 30072648

SN - 2075-4418

VL - 8

JO - Diagnostics

JF - Diagnostics

IS - 3

M1 - 50

ER -