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...

OBJECTIVE To compare short- and long-term results of radiofrequency tonsillotomy and traditional cold dissection tonsillectomy in adult patients with recurrent tonsillitis. STUDY DESIGN A randomized clinical trial. SETTING A tertiary referral university hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Of 62 adults with recurrent tonsillitis, 24 patients were treated with cold dissection tonsillectomy, whil...

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...

Background: One of the most popular surgical operations performed using a variety techniques is tonsillectomy. The two that are used frequently traditional cold dissection technique (CDT) and electrocautery, latter which carried out monopolar bipolar electrocautery procedures (BET).All during tonsillectomy intended to lessen perioperative bleeding, intensity felt pain, postoperative morbidities...

OBJECTIVE To investigate weight gain and any increased risk of obesity in children who have undergone tonsillectomy. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric hospital. PATIENTS The study included 200 children aged 2 to 12 years who were undergoing tonsillectomy and 200 age- and sex-matched controls. All children had a preoperative body mass index (BMI) and a post...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Tonsillectomy is related to increased risk of certain types of cancer. This study evaluates the possible association between tonsillectomy and cancer in Taiwan. METHODS Data from the National Health Insurance system of Taiwan was used. A cohort study consisting of 997 patients with a new diagnosis of tonsillectomy from 2000 to 2005 and a comparison cohort of 3,988 subjec...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review the literature on harmonic scalpel tonsillectomy with a view of comparing its postoperative hemorrhagic rate with the conventional methods for tonsillectomy. DATA SOURCES Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, INAHTA, CRD (Centre for Review and Dissemination, York, UK), and related databases. The date of the last search was September 19, 2006; papers wer...