Turk Arch Otolaryngol Online 46(2) 2008; 80-85 (Abstract)

				Online ISSN: 1303-6289 Print ISSN: 0304-4793
				Published Online: June 12, 2008

Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2008; 46(2): 80-85 Abstract

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		Determination of frequency of Helicobacter pylori in the patients who underwent tonsillectomy with the indication of chronic tonsillitis Ozan Seymen Sezen, Utku Kubilay, Yusuf Erzin*, Hamdi Kaytanci, Murat Tuncer, Seref Unver

!st ENT Clinic, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Research and Training Hospital, and **Department of Gastroenterology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, IStanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Key Words

Chronic tonsillitis, H. pylori, CLO test

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the effect of tonsillectomy in the gastric H. pylori eradication treatment.

Methods: This study was conducted on 46 patients, 32 (69.6%) male and 14(30.4%) female, undergoing tonsillectomy with the indication of chronic tonsillitis. Gastroscopy was performed preoperatively. After pathologic sampling of gastric endoscopic biopsy materials and CLO test patients were divided into two groups. H. pylori positive patients were included in group A, negative patients were included in group B. Demographic properties like age and sex were compared between two patient groups.

Results: Patients ages were varied 14-58 years old, the mean age was 28.85 ± 9.65. Group A had 14(30.4%) patients, group B had 32(69.6%) patients. No statistical difference was found between the groups according to ages and sex.

Conclusion: Gastric H. pylori positivity of patients who underwent tonsillectomy with the indication of chronic tonsillitis was found similar to the asymptomatic control group with the same social, economic and traditional life style.

doi:10.2399/tao.06.026

		Received:	October 17, 2006
		Accepted after revision:	May 30, 2008
		Correspondence:	Ozan Seymen Sezen, MD Altaycesme Mah. Zuhal Sok. Daire 9 Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey Phone: +90 216 442 43 18 e-mail: ozansezen@yahoo.com