Objective. Tonsillectomy remains a common procedure in adults; however, there are few population-level data evaluating risk factors for reoperation. Study Design. Retrospective review of national database. Setting. American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP), 2005-2013. Subjects and Methods. The ACS-NSQIP was queried for patients undergoing tonsillecto...

OBJECTIVES The present clinical practice guidelines cover the entire field of management of post-tonsillectomy pain. Given the French and European regulatory restrictions on the use of codeine, an update appears necessary to clarify the management of post-tonsillectomy pain in adults. METHOD A work group approached the issue of pain management, following the chronological pathway from initial...

Editor—We read with interest the article on airway management for tonsillectomy, which concluded that there is widespread non-compliance in the use of disposable anaesthetic instruments. The authors quite correctly make the point that currently non-disposable surgical instruments are used. Surely, prion transmission is less likely to occur via anaesthetic than surgical instruments which are int...

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical procedure in world performed by Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon. Over past decade, there has been progress techniques for tonsillectomy, yet pain bleeding after tonsillectomy remain important complications. With increasing need to reduce healthcare costs developing countries, currently a trend towards performing on daycare basis this s...

Adenotonsillitis is one of the commonest health problems encountered in the general population particularly in children. Tonsillectomy is one of the commonest surgical procedures performed by the otolaryngologists all over the world. 1 Good clinical evidence regarding the need for tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy or both is available, which provides guidance to surgeons. Indications for removal of t...

AIM To explore the surgical effect of cerebellar tonsillectomy with suboccipital decompression and duraplasty by small surgical incision (3~4cm around the foramina magnum) on treating Chiari I Malformation (CM I) patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study was undertaken on 76 CM I patients treated by this surgery. The surgical efficacy on clinical symptoms and syringomyelia were ove...

INTRODUCTION Even though notable advances in anaesthetic and surgical techniques have appeared in recent years, morbidity, and especially pain, associated with tonsillectomy is still an important clinical problem. OBJECTIVES Assess the influence of a specific protocol for the control of postoperative pain and compare the frequency of complications in patients with and without it. METHODS Th...

BACKGROUND Postoperative shivering is a major problem in children undergoing general anesthesia. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of low-dose intravenous ketamine for prevention of shivering after induction of general anesthesia in children who had undergone tonsillectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial...

Introduction:Cold dissection (CD) and bipolar cautery dissection (BCD) techniques are two common surgical tonsillectomy procedures used in the clinic. Obstruction has become more prevalent as the major surgical indication and is most prominently observed in younger children.Case Report:  In this report, we aimed to explain the abovementioned surgical techniques in detail and compare the results...

Coblation is a new soft tissue surgical technique that is being used for tonsillectomy. Published results show a significant decrease in the amount of post-operative pain experienced by patients undergoing coblation tonsillectomy. There has been no published work to date on the incidence of post-operative haemorrhage. From August 2001 to November 2002 one surgeon performed 36 coblation tonsille...