Navin Prasad, Stephanie Y. Johng, Daniel Powell, Matthew Williams, Elizabeth Latimer, Earl H. Harley, Role of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in parental satisfaction of treatments for PANDAS,...
Rajgor AD, Hakim NA, Ali S, Darr A.
Int J Otolaryngology-2018
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PANDAS is a significantly debilitating condition, with detrimental effects on a child’s psychophysical development. This review provides an insight into the current literature and the potential for surgery to treat PANDAS. However due to the current limitations of the literature drawing definitive conclusions is difficult. Thus, the next required steps would involve conducting a prospective collaborative study.
Daniel Demesh, MD; Jordan M. Virbalas, MD; John P. Bent, MD
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.-2015
Conclusions: Although current evidence is inconclusive, the data reported herein support previously described smaller case series and further strengthens the notion that tonsillectomy may benefit patients with PANDAS whose symptoms are not controlled with antibiotic therapy