Most tonsillectomies are carried out by dissection. Only a small minority of otolaryngologistsstill routinely perform guillotine tonsillectomy. We carried out a prospective study on 86children undergoing tonsillectomy utilising a standard anaesthetic and analgesic regimen tocompare post-operative pain after dissection tonsillectomy and guillotine tonsillectomy using aPopper'...

INTRODUCTION Tonsillectomy is the one of the most common types of surgery in children, and is often accompanied by post-operative pain and discomfort. Methods of pain control such as use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), narcotics, and local anesthetics have been used, but each have their own particular side effects. In this study we investigated the effect of ketamine on post-...

Background: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries performed by an otolaryngologist, with post operative pain during initial 24 hours being challenging concerns. This makes it a need to find suitable mode for managing imperative. study aims to: assess control ropivacaine 0.25% and bupivacaine which among these two drugs are better in controlling safer. Methods: The 70 patients were s...

Background: Peritonsillar infiltrations of local anesthetics and/or locally active analgesic drugs have been used in several studies for relief of post-tonsillectomy pain with variable results in quality and duration of analgesia. Aim: This study was designed to compare the effects of peritonsillar infiltration of lidocaine versus tramadol or placebo on postoperative pain after tonsillectomy. M...

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is frequently performed surgical procedure. There are several different methods with varied advantages and disadvantages. In spite of the techniques available there no consensus definite evidence for best method. The most commonly conventional dissection bipolar electrocauterization methods.
 Aims: aim study was to compare time required completion surgery, intra...