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JOHN J. HOCHFILZER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1930;12(2):175-177.

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A phlegmon of the neck following tonsillectomy is itself not a common casualty. Kofler of Vienna in a recent statistical study found six phlegmons reported in six thousand tonsil operations. More have been reported in this country. I have been unable to find mention in the literature, however, of an osteomyelitis of the jaw in connection with a tonsillectomy.

REPORT OF A CASE

A girl, aged 18, suffered from repeated attacks of tonsillitis for which tonsillectomy was carried out under local anesthesia on June 4, 1929. The patient stated that the operative procedure was painless, little bleeding occurring during or after the operation, and that she felt nothing during the convalescence other than the usual discomfort while eating or swallowing. However, a week after the operation the jaw became locked in the region of the right tonsil. Hot applications were applied, but the pain increased, and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ST. PAUL

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, March 8, 1930.

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