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GEORGE MORRIS DORRANCE, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1931;14(6):731-736.

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Stricture of the oropharynx may result from the swallowing of acids or caustics. It occasionally occurs also as a complication of ulcerative syphilis of the pharynx. Very rarely does it follow a tonsillectomy, as in the case I herewith report. I have never seen or heard of congenital stricture of the oropharynx.

The treatment usually recommended is either gradual or rapid dilatation of the opening. The results from this type of treatment are unsatisfactory; the stricture invariably recurs, or, in other words, the scar tissue gradually contracts. In all events, in the case to be reported, there was a recurrence. In scar contractures around the mouth, buried skin grafts applied under pressure for a limited time have proved satisfactory. An analogous method of procedure was used in my case of stricture of the oropharynx.

REPORT OF CASE

M. A. B. had a stricture of the oropharynx following a tonsillectomy. As . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Professor of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, The Thomas W. Evans Museum and Dental Institute School of Dentistry, University of Pennsylvania; Surgeon to St. Agnes Hospital and the American Oncologic Hospital PHILADELPHIA

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, June 11, 1931.

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