OBJECTIVE Although commonly performed, pediatric tonsillectomy is not necessarily a low risk procedure due to potentially life threatening perioperative complications. There is paucity of literature on lethal anesthesia and surgical complications of tonsillectomy. In this article, we have reviewed both minor and serious complications following tonsillectomy. Hemorrhage, burn injuries, respirato...

Abstract Background Tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures in otorhinolaryngology practice where analgesics are required for pain-relief especially children. To compare efficacy using peritonsillar infiltration lidocaine Hcl versus intravenous preincisional lornoxicam reducing post tonsillectomy pain. Results Prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study. Ninety-...

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Tonsillectomy is the second most common childhood ambulatory surgical procedure, and in the United States alone it is perfor...

Objective: To evaluate if oral Tranexamic Acid can decrease the proportion of individuals with secondary bleeding in the post-operative adeno-tonsillectomy phase. Study design: Observational, retrospective epidemiological study. Setting: San Francesco Hospital, Nuoro, Italy Patients and methods: Over 20 months 236 children underwent elective adeno-tonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis and/or ot...

Objective: To compare post-op hemorrhage and hospital stay in patients with quinsy undergoing early delayed interval tonsillectomy. Study Design: Randomized Control study. Setting: Department of ENT, Gajju Khan Medical College (GKMC) Swabi. Period: June 2018 to 2019. Material & Methods: A total 50 Quinsy were randomly divided two groups equally. Group including 25 underwent tonsillectomy wh...

INTRODUCTION Tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures performed by Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon. Usually, the procedure is carried out as an inpatient surgery. With the increasing need to reduce healthcare costs, spare precious hospital beds, and shorten elective surgery lists, there is currently a trend towards performing tonsillectomy on a daycare basis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A p...

OBJECTIVE Compare coblation tonsillectomy with blunt dissection tonsillectomy to see if there is any difference in intraoperative bleeding, operating time, postoperative pain, tonsillar fossae healing and return to normal diet and activities. METHOD A randomised control trial was carried out to compare coblation tonsillectomy with blunt dissection tonsillectomy in 56 patients. The same surgeo...

Tonsillectomy is one of the leading surgical operations ENT profession. Chronic tonsillitis has a massive effect on quality life and tonsillectomy used to treat disease major procedure that can lead multiple intraoperative post-operative conditions, including bleeding, discomfort, etc., resulting in lack school/work impaired life. To study outcome procedures between CO2 laser conventional tonsi...

BACKGROUND Intracapsular tonsillectomy (IT) has been advocated as a treatment for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, evidence in the literature utilizing polysomnography (PSG) is limited. OBJECTIVE To examine the experience at a tertiary children's hospital to evaluate the effectiveness and risks of intracapsular tonsillectomy compared to total tonsillectomy (TT) for treating p...

OBJECTIVES To report our centre's experience of outpatient tonsillectomy in children over a 7-year period and to evaluate the postoperative complication rate in this type of procedure compared to tonsillectomy performed in the context of conventional hospitalisation. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective review of medical charts. RESULTS From May 2002 to April 2009, 276 tonsillectomies were pe...