Introduction. Controversy exists over whether tonsillectomy will affect speech in patients with known velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI), particularly in those with cleft palate. Methods. All patients seen at the OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital VPI clinic between 1997 and 2010 with VPI who underwent tonsillectomy were reviewed. Speech parameters were assessed before and after tonsillectomy...

Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy (“tonsillectomy”) represent more than 15 percent of all surgical procedures in children under the age of 15 years. 2 The primary indication for tonsillectomy has shifted over the last 20 years from recurrent throat infections to obstructive sleep-disordered breathing (OSDB) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). 4 Widely variable national and small area tonsillec...

Background: Postoperative pain is the most common complication after tonsillectomy. We aimed to explore new parameters related post-tonsillectomy pain, as well construct and validate a model for preoperative evaluation of patients’ risk postoperative pain.

Post-tonsillectomy pain is a common concern. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of peritonsillar infiltration tramadol during tonsillectomy in terms analgesia requirement, scores and time commencement liquid diet, as there heterogeneity randomized controlled trials conducted.

Background: To evaluate whether applying a knot at lower pole during tonsillectomy reduces post-operative haemorrhage. Methods: In this descriptive study 200 patients who were diagnosed cases of recurrent acute tonsillitis were enrolled. They were divided in two groups, each of 100 patients. In one group tonsillectomy was done by conventional scalpel/snare method. In second group tonsillectomy ...

Introduction. Recent changes to primary care trusts' Procedures of Limited Clinical Value (PLCV) policy mean that otolaryngologists must now follow policy rather than exercising clinical judgment when listing patients for tonsillectomy. Objectives. To gauge perception within the general public of when tonsillectomy is acceptable and to compare this to the current policy. Method. All patients or...

To determine the economic impact of adult chronic tonsillitis and the economic improvement from adult tonsillectomy, we studied patients who underwent adult tonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis with the Glasgow Benefit Inventory and a questionnaire for disease severity parameters before and after tonsillectomy. The economic impact of chronic tonsillitis and adult tonsillectomy were computed wi...

OBJECTIVE We sought to reintroduce a historical procedure-intracapsular tonsillar reduction (partial tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy)-for tonsillar hypertrophy causing obstructive sleep disordered breathing (OSDB) in children, as well as to determine whether partial tonsillectomy, compared with conventional (total) tonsillectomy when performed by more than one surgeon, is equally effective for th...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to compare post-operative visits for upper respiratory infections (URIs) between tonsillectomy and non-tonsillectomy participants (controls). METHODS Using the national cohort study from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, 1:4 matched (age, sex, income, region, and pre-operative URI visit) tonsillectomy participants (5,831) and...

Introduction Tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide, with major drawback significant post operative pain.There no consensus regarding topical application or local infiltration anesthetics operatively to reduce pain. The present study was evaluate effect bupivacaine in tonsillar fossae after tonsillectomy. Materials and Methods A double-blinded clinical...