The objective of this study was to compare the intraoperative time, intraoperative blood loss and post operative pain between coblation tonsillectomy and cold tonsillectomy in the same patient. A prospective single blind control trial was carried out on 34 patients whom underwent tonsillectomy. The patients with known bleeding disorder, history of unilateral peritonsillar abscess and unilateral...

We aimed to investigate the correlation of tonsillectomy with palatine tonsil size and to compare the differences of tonsil size and the need for surgery in children and adults. Also we can predict the outcome of tonsillectomy. We measured tonsil sizes in (height and width) in 150 children and 35 adults with hypertrophy of palatine tonsils and we measured the mass of tonsils and then the data a...

OBJECTIVES Dexamethasone is currently recommended for routine prophylaxis against postoperative nausea and vomiting after tonsillectomy procedures. However, some studies have raised concern that dexamethasone use may lead to higher rates of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. Our objective was to determine whether higher doses of dexamethasone administered perioperatively during tonsillectomy proced...

Background: Postoperative pain after tonsillectomy is a great problem that the ideal tonsillectomy operation should have little or no morbidity or mortality with excellent outcome. Aim of the study:To compare the outcome of postoperative pain with two different methods of tonsillectomy, conventional dissection Tonsillectomy versus CO2 laser assisted tonsillectomy procedure. Method: Randomized c...

OBJECTIVE To review our experience with intracapsular tonsillectomy using powered instrumentation in the management of tonsillar hypertrophy causing obstructive sleep-disordered breathing in children. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. METHODS Intracapsular tonsillectomy, a form of partial tonsillectomy performed with an endoscopic microdebrider, preserves the tonsillar capsule as a ba...

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 ...