INTRODUCTION Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical operations and has such complications as pain, hemorrhage and laryngospasm. Pain management is of vital importance in order to reduce the suffering and restlessness in children having undergone tonsillectomy. Different studies differ in their findings as to the use of ketamine for postoperative analgesia. The aim of this study was to...

Abstract Peritonsillar abscess (quinsy) and tonsillitis are two commonly diagnosed treated pathologies in ENT departments. However, intratonsillar is rarely reported medical literature textbooks, therefore understanding of when to clinically suspect such pathology likely less known amongst junior doctors. We present a case healthy adult for large abscess, at district general hospital the United...

OBJECTIVE Post-tonsillectomy pain is believed to be mediated by noxious stimulation of C-fiber afferents located in the peritonsillary space, and local anesthetic infiltration to this area may decrease pain by blocking the sensory pathways and thus preventing the nociceptive impulses. We aimed to compare the effects of different concentrations of preincisional peritonsillar levobupivacaine (0.2...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of pre-incisional peritonsillar infiltration of two doses of ketamine on postoperative analgesia compared with peritonsillar normal saline in children undergoing tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN Double blind, randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Anaesthesiology, Surgical Intensive Care and Pain Management, Civil Hospital, Karachi...

Leclercia adecarboxylata was isolated in pure culture from a peritonsillar and lateral pharyngeal abscess in an immunocompetent host. To our knowledge, this is the first case of infection caused by this microorganism being found in an odontogenic area of the head and neck.