ON THE FOCAL TEST OF PROVOCATIVE STIMULATIONS BY ULTRA-SHORTWAVE AND TONSILLAR MASSAGE IN THE CHRONIC TONSILLITIS

Report 5. Provocative responses of tonsillectomized patients

Abstract

Provocative responses of 30 tonsillectomized patients, who had been determined as positive in the series of our tests, were reprovocated within one to six months after the operation.
Resnlts obtained and evaluated were as follows:
In 7 patients of chronic tonsillitis without any systemic diseases who had been determined as positive in the series of our tests reprovocative responses turned to negative within 3 months after the operation.
In 23 patients of chronic tonsillitis with some systemic diseases who had been diagnosed as positive in our provocative tests, all of them revealed negative responses within 6 months after the operation.
As for tonsillar systemic complications, all 23 patients who had been suspected to be accomponied with tonsillar systemic diseases recovered from their illness when the tests turning into negative after the operation. At any rate, our tests before the operation was proved to be a very useful guide for tonsillectomy.