Tonsillectomy and the Risk for Deep Neck Infection—A Nationwide Cohort Study

• Ying-Piao Wang,

  Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, #92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei 104, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, #155, Sec. 2, Linoon Street, Pei-Tou Dist., Taipei 112, Taiwan, Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology and School of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, #46, Sec. 3, Zhongzheng Rd., Sanzhi Dist., New Taipei City 252, Taiwan

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• Mao-Che Wang,

  Affiliations Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, #155, Sec. 2, Linoon Street, Pei-Tou Dist., Taipei 112, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, #201, Sec. 2 and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, #155, Sec.2, Linoon Street, Pei-Tou Dist., Taipei 112, Taiwan

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• Hung-Ching Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, #92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei 104, Taiwan, Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology and School of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, #46, Sec. 3, Zhongzheng Rd., Sanzhi Dist., New Taipei City 252, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Sheng Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, #92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei 104, Taiwan, Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology and School of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, #46, Sec. 3, Zhongzheng Rd., Sanzhi Dist., New Taipei City 252, Taiwan

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• Pesus Chou

  * E-mail: pschou@ym.edu.tw

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, #155, Sec. 2, Linoon Street, Pei-Tou Dist., Taipei 112, Taiwan

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