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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1139-7632</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Pediatría Atención Primaria]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1139-7632</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1139-76322018000200013</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La amigdalectomía, en el mejor de los casos, tiene efectos moderados y breves]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Tonsillectomy reduces moderately the frequency of tonsillitis, but it must be evaluated case by case]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Perdikidis Oliveri]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Salud Juncal  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Torrejón de Ardoz Madrid]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>78</numero>
<fpage>189</fpage>
<lpage>191</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1139-76322018000200013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1139-76322018000200013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1139-76322018000200013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[ Conclusiones de los autores: las faringitis agudas y las demás variables del estudio mejoraron en el primer año posquirúrgico en niños amigdalectomizados frente a niños con manejo expectante (el primer año posterior), pero no los siguientes.  Conclusiones de los revisores: las limitaciones del estudio dificultan poder extraer conclusiones. En todo caso, parecería que los efectos beneficiosos de la amigdalectomía son poco importantes desde el punto de vista clínico y que no se mantienen en el tiempo, por lo que su indicación debe individualizarse cuidadosamente en cada caso.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ &gt;Authors' conclusions: acute pharyngitis and the other variables of the study improved in the first postoperative year in tonsillectomized children versus children with expectant management (the first year after) but not the following.  Reviewers' conclusions: the limitations of the study make it difficult to draw conclusions. In any case, it would seem that the beneficial effects of tonsillectomy are unimportant from a clinical point of view and they are not maintained over time, so their indication must be carefully identified in each case.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Revisión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tonsilitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tonsila faríngea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tonsilectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Review]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tonsillitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Adenoids]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tonsillectomy]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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