Original Investigation

Adaptation of “Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills” for Adenotonsillectomy into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

• Cüneyt Orhan Kara
• Erdem Mengi
• Funda Tümkaya
• Fazıl Necdet Ardıç
• Hande Şenol

Efficacy of Sucralfate in the Early Postoperative Improvement of Pediatric Thermal Welding Adenotonsillectomy Morbidity

• Ümit Taşkın
• Özgür Yiğit
• Ayşe Sezim Şişman
• Engin Acıoğlu
• Ayşe Pelin Gör

Relation of Actinomyces with Tonsillar Hypertrophy and Antibiotic Use

• Leyla Kansu

Tonsillotomy versus Tonsillectomy for Chronic Recurrent Tonsillitis in Children

• Yaser Said Çetin
• Ufuk Düzenli

Comparing Traditional Cold Knife Tonsillectomy with a New Technique Plasma Knife Tonsillectomy

• Gül Soylu Özler
• Emel Cadallı Tatar
• Güleser Saylam
• Ali Özdek
• Hakan Korkmaz

The Prevalence of Tonsillar Human Papilloma Virus Infection in İstanbul, Turkey: A Human Cadaver Study

• Ahmet Volkan Sünter
• Bahtiyar Hamit
• Özgür Yiğit
• Ela Araz Server
• Elif Ömeroğlu Kara
• Aysel Karataş
• Mert Ahmet Kuşkucu
• Yağmur Eylül Doğantürk
• Kenan Midilli

Distribution of Metastatic Nodes in N0-1 Patients with Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Implications for Selective Neck Dissection

• Hugo Fontan Köhler
• Sérgio Altino Franzi
• Fernando Augusto Soares
• Humberto Torloni
• Luiz Paulo Kowalski

The Impact of Comorbid Diseases on Postoperative Complications in Children after Adenotonsillectomy: Is It a Myth?

• Uygar Levent Demir
• Hakkı Caner İnan

The Importance and Place of Adenotonsillectomy in Syndromic Children

• Erdinç Aydın
• Seda Türkoğlu Babakurban

Comparison of Routine Histopathological Examination Results in Children and Adults After Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy

• Ceyhun Aksakal
• Ahmet Müslehiddinoğlu

Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Peritonsillar Abscess: Is It Related to Seasonal Variations?

• Nurullah Seyhun
• Zeynep Aslı Batur Çalış
• Merve Ekici
• Suat Turgut

Research Article

Reliability of Rapid Strep A Test in Acute Tonsillopharyngitis

• Murat Uygur
• Tayfun Kirazlı
• Cem Bilgen

Role of infection in late period post-tonsillectomy bleedings

• Fatih Özdoğan
• Fazıl Emre Özkurt
• Talih Özdaş
• Muhammed Fatih Evcimik
• Alper Yenigün

The relationship between the weather variables and secondary post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage

• Şenol Civelek
• Can Şinasi Kalkavan
• Suat Turgut
• İbrahim Sayın
• Yekta Helbest Akgül

Tonsillectomy in children: thermal welding system versus cold dissection technique

• Özgür Yiğit
• Zeynep Alkan Çakır
• Ayfle Sezim Şişman
• Emin Karaman

The value of strep A OIA and CRP in diagnosing strep throat

• Hülya Eyigör
• Selma Tekin
• Okay Başak
• Selda Uluutku

Determination of frequency of Helicobacter pylori in the patients who underwent tonsillectomy with the indication of chronic tonsillitis

• Ozan Seymen Sezen
• Utku Kubilay
• Hande Kaytancı
• Şeref Ünver
• Yusuf Erzin
• Murat Tuncer

The rate of bacteremia during adenotonsillectomy

• Kemal Görür
• Ahmet Kabal
• Nuran Delialioğlu
• Cengiz Özcan
• Derya Ümit Talas

Bacteriology of tonsil core: a clinical study

• İsmail Yılmaz
• Sündüs Aslan
• Alper Nabi Erkan
• Cem Özer
• Levent N. Özlüoğlu
• Tuba Yeter Turunç

Kronik tonsillit ve kronik adenoiditte bakteriyel biyofilmlerin rolü

• Ümit Karagöz
• Ercan Pınar
• Semih Öncel
• Çağlar Çallı
• Gamze Şener

Surface and Core Microflora of the Tonsils in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Tonsillitis

• Ender İnci
• Barış Karakullukçu
• Ahmet Özdoğan
• Gökhan Aygün

Is there a Place for Tonsillar Punch Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Chronic Tonsillitis?

• Ahmet Kutluhan
• Faruk Kıroğlu
• Muzaffer Kırış
• Serdar Uğraş
• Nusret Akpolat
• Hayrettin Akdeniz

Case Report

Tonsillar Kaposi Sarcoma in an HIV-Negative Patient: A Case Report

• Erol Keleş
• Cihan Türker
• Gökhan Artaş
• Turgut Karlıdağ

Unilateral Pedunculated Lymphangiectatic Fibrolipomatous Polyp of the Palatine Tonsil: A Rare Case

• Nesibe Gül Yüksel Aslıer
• Mustafa Aslıer

Giant Epignathus (Teratoma of Palatine Tonsil): A Case Report

• Fuat Aydemir
• Mert Mutaf
• Mehmet Akif Eryılmaz

A Rare Complication of Tonsillectomy: Subcutaneous Emphysema

• Ozan Erol
• Erdinç Aydın

A Rare Tumor of Palatine Tonsils: Chondrolipoma

• Gamze Öztürk
• Umman Tunç
• Kadir Balaban
• Hülya Eyigör

Case Report

Tularemia: unexpected, but prevalent cause of cervical lymhadenopathy in Turkey. A case report and review of literature

• Oğuz Karabay
• Fahrettin Yılmaz
• Şaban Gürcan

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that comes with peritonsillar abscess

• Remzi Doğan
• Selahattin Tuğrul
• Sabri Baki Eren

Primary lymphoma of the lingual tonsil: a case report

• Sıdıka Deniz Micozkadıoğlu
• Cem Özer
• Emine Tuba Canbolat

A rare case in differential diagnosis of acute tonsillitis: leukemia

• Emin Karaman
• Gkioukxel Saritzali
• Özgün Enver

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with bilateral tonsillar hypertrophy: A case report

• Kadri İla
• Deniz Özlem Topdağ
• Murat Öztürk
• Murat Topdağ
• Mustafa Çağlar Buday

Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Palatine Tonsil: A Case Report

• Harun Üçüncü
• Bülent Aktan
• Enver Altaş
• Timur Koca
• Cemal Gündoğdu
• Akif Çiftçioğlu

A rare complication after local tonsillectomy (pulmonary atelectasis)

• Elçin Aygün
• Bayram Uğurlu
• Fatih Evcimik
• Emre Özkurt
• Tarık Şapçı

Hamartomatous polyp of the palatine tonsil

• Fulya Özer
• Can Alper Çağıcı
• Cüneyt Yılmazer
• Filiz Bolat

Review

The Transmission Risk of Prion-like Proteins in Adenotonsillar Surgery: ‘Iatrogenic’ Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)

• Cem Altındağ