Response to letter to the editor "Immediate or interval abscess tonsillectomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis"

Affiliations

¹ 1st Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, AHEPA University General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Kiriakidi 1, Thessaloniki, 546 21, Greece. alextsikop@yahoo.gr.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University General Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
³ Department of Orthopedics, 424 Army General Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴ School of Medicine, Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁵ 2nd Academic ORL-Head and Neck Surgery, Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁶ Department of Urology, 424 Army General Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁷ 1st Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, AHEPA University General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Kiriakidi 1, Thessaloniki, 546 21, Greece.

Comment

Alexios Tsikopoulos et al. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;279(5):2717-2718.

doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07348-0. Epub 2022 Mar 18.

¹ 1st Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, AHEPA University General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Kiriakidi 1, Thessaloniki, 546 21, Greece. alextsikop@yahoo.gr.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University General Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
³ Department of Orthopedics, 424 Army General Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴ School of Medicine, Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁵ 2nd Academic ORL-Head and Neck Surgery, Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁶ Department of Urology, 424 Army General Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁷ 1st Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, AHEPA University General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Kiriakidi 1, Thessaloniki, 546 21, Greece.

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Comment on

Immediate or interval abscess tonsillectomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Tsikopoulos A, Fountarlis A, Tsikopoulos K, Dilmperis F, Garefis K, Tsikopoulos I, Skoulakis C, Karkos P, Triaridis S. Tsikopoulos A, et al. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 May;279(5):2245-2257. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07294-x. Epub 2022 Feb 15. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022. PMID: 35169892

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