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Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is the most common complication of acute tonsillitis resulting in fever, unilateral sore throat, odynophagia and trismus. This retrospective study was undertaken to analyze the clinical courses of 775 patients with two different methods of the first-line treatment. Abscess tonsillectomy (TAC) including contralateral tonsillectomy was preferably performed between 2007 und...