Tonsillectomy is still one of the most common surgical procedures in otorhinolaryngology [1]. However, over the last decades, its incidence has constantly been decreasing due to tighter indication as well as the development of alternative surgical procedures like tonsillotomy [2]. This trend mainly relies on the risks and complications which are associated with tonsillectomy: namely post-operat...

conclusions the results of this study showed that lidocaine spray had the best pain controlling effect at 20 minutes in the recovery room, but after 40 minutes, ketamine and morphine sprays were more effective than the lidocaine spray. results in the early postoperative period (time: 0) and at 20, 40 and 60 minutes of recovery time, flacc scale scores in the control group were higher than in th...

Laser tonsillotomy (LTT) represents a useful, less invasive alternative to tonsillectomy as a treatment for symptomatic tonsillar hyperplasia in children, and is associated with greatly reduced risks. The main characteristics that distinguish this procedure from tonsillectomy are a significantly reduced risk of secondary bleeding, a shorter recovery, reduced pain and the fact that it can be per...

OBJECTIVE To determine if preemptive analgesia with ropivacaine hydrochloride with or without clonidine hydrochloride decreases pain and hastens recovery after tonsillectomy. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, triple-blinded trial. SETTING University referral center; pediatric ambulatory practice. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-four children, aged 3 to 15 years, undergoing tonsillectomy. INTERVENTIONS...

Although the experiences of ear nose throat physicians in tonsil surgery is considerable, there is no consensus about optimal surgical procedure. There are various surgical procedures; cold knife tonsillectomy, monopolar and bipolar electrocautery excision, cryosurgery, diathermy, bipolar scissors tonsillectomy, KTP-532 laser, ultrasonic excision and the newest procedures of radiofrequency tons...

BACKGROUND Initial validation and feasibility of the Post-Operative Quality of Recovery Scale (PQRS) was published in 2010. Ongoing validation includes studies to determine whether this scale can discriminate differences in recovery in similar patients having different surgery. METHODS A prospective observational study included 89 patients undergoing nasal surgery and 46 patients undergoing t...

Introduction and objective: To study the pain in children is a challenge. Tonsillectomy very common painful surgical procedure which there are still barriers to warrant an adequate management. The purpose of this characterize after surgery between 3 8 years-old who underwent tonsillectomy.
 Method: We performed descriptive, observational prospective aged tonsillectomy. data collection was ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequently performed pediatric surgical procedures worldwide. The complications of this procedure include postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and pain; therefore, both the treatment and prevention of PONV are important. Classical antiemetics include drug therapies such as ondansetron, which are undesirable because they often carry a hi...

BACKGROUND Tonsillectomy is a common procedure causing considerable postoperative pain. Postoperative pain intensity of 60 - 70 in the scale of visual analog scale (VAS) has been reported up to 3 - 4 days which could continue until 11 days after the surgery. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to compare the analgesic effect of gabapentin and diclofenac on pain after tonsillectomy with the con...