Introduction and objective:

COVID-19 has had various consequences for the health care system. Focusing on our ENT Service, we have observed a decrease in the occurrence of peritonsillar infections (PTI). The aim of this study is to evaluate epidemiological aspects of PTIs over a 6-year period.

Method:

Retrospective and longitudinal descriptive study with data obtained from the computerized hospital registry of León over a 6-year period.

Results:

A total of 327 patients were included, pre-pandemic 201 (61.47%), pandemic 64 (19.54%) and post-pandemic 62 (18.96%), with a decrease of 48.58% in the incidence of IPA.

Discussion:

We found similar results to those analyzed in other series about the incidence of peritonsillar abscesses during the pandemic, however, we have a longer mean hospital stay in admissions for this pathology.

Conclusions:

The pandemic has affected and changed the way we look at certain conditions. In our case, when looking at peritonsillar abscesses we have observed a clear decrease.

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