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Incision and Drainage of Peritonsillar Abscess

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Peritonsillar abscess

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Melinda W. Fernandez

  2. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Bobby K. Desai

  3. UCF/HCA Ocala Health Emergency Medicine, Ocala, FL, USA

    Bobby K. Desai

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  1. College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Latha Ganti

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Fernandez, M.W., Desai, B.K. (2022). Incision and Drainage of Peritonsillar Abscess. In: Ganti, L. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85047-0_66

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