The aim of this prospective randomized single blind study was to determine the depth of thermal damage to tonsillar tissue due to coblation, and to compare it with thermal damage to tonsillar tissue following conventional tonsillectomy; to correlate the depth of thermal damage to tonsillar tissue with the parameters of postoperative morbidity, to compare intraoperative blood loss, postoperative...

BACKGROUND Rising incidence of oropharyngeal cancers in numerous countries since the 1970s has been attributed to increased oral human papillomavirus (HPV) exposure. However, the contribution of coincidental declines in the surgical removal of the tonsils (tonsillectomy) is unknown. We quantified the association of tonsillectomy with risk of tonsillar, other oropharyngeal, and other head and ne...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Investigate the incidence and characteristics of revisits following ambulatory pediatric tonsillectomy/adenotonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study using national databases. METHODS Ambulatory pediatric (age <18.0 years) tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy cases were extracted from the 2010 State Ambulatory Surgery, Emergency Department, and Inpatient databas...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The study aims to reconcile conflicting published reports regarding the clinical efficacy of a single intraoperative dose of dexamethasone in reducing post-tonsillectomy morbidity. STUDY DESIGN Systematic overview (meta-analysis). METHODS To critically evaluate the existing evidence, we performed a formal meta-analysis of eight double-blinded, randomized, placebo-contr...

BACKGROUND Pain control in children is still a therapeutic dilemma. Preschool patients are affected from undesirable effects of postoperative pain more than adults. Tonsillectomy is associated with a high incidence of postoperative pain, not only complicating the recovery, but also delaying patients discharge. OBJECTIVES Despite employing different surgical and anesthetic strategies in post-t...

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is a painful surgical procedure accompanied by moderate to severe pain several days after surgery. Despite the often tonsillectomy, under-treatment of has been consistently reported. The cause this inadequate education health care professionals regarding management. Objectives: aim study was assess perioperative treatment given tonsillectomy patients in otorhinolaryn...

IMPORTANCE More than 500,000 children undergo tonsillectomy each year in the United States. Although prior studies suggest that most patients received perioperative antibiotics, practice varies across centers. In 2011, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) published a practice guideline recommending against perioperative antibiotic use for pediatric tonsillectom...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background : coblation tonsillectomy is a new surgical technique and demands further research to be proven as a suitable and standard method of tonsillectomy. this study compares coblation and traditional tonsillectomy techniques in view of their advantages and complications. methods : in a prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial inform...

INTRODUCTION Although tonsillectomy has a very long history as one of the most common surgical procedures in childhood, post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage is not uncommon and occasionally life threatening. Although primary post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage that occurs within 24 hours of surgery is often caused by insufficient intraoperative hemostasis, delayed hemorrhage is frequently related to the rej...