Abstract Introduction Tonsillectomies are one of the most commonly performed procedures., with particular leading tertiary paediatric centre performing 1,067 tonsillectomies within last year. Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage is a considerable complication to further primary care costs, readmission, and surgical intervention. Previous national audits have suggested that post-tonsillectomy rates be...

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...

Tonsillectomy is the single most common operation performed in Ear Nose and Throat Department. Various methods of tonsillectomy have been practiced over the century aimed at reducing or eliminating intraoperative and postoperative morbidity. Due to various blood supplies received, intraoperative bleeding is the most difficult problem and securing it is time-consuming. The time taken to control ...

Background: Tonsillectomy rates vary considerably among different states, regions, and times. This study was conducted to identify the prevalence of "chronic" tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, hypertrophy of the tonsils with and without adenoids in absolute and relative numbers in an 80 million people nation. Moreover, the number and rates of different surgical procedures to resolve either "c...

Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage is a relatively common complication but life-threatening bleedings are rare. In this paper, we present a case who had undergone tonsillectomy with bipolar diathermy in an another hospital and who was referred to our clinic following a massive hemorrhage from the tonsil bed on the 27th postoperative day. Upon determining that the bleeding was caused by the necrosis ...

BACKGROUND Although the tonsils contribute to first line immunity against foreign pathogens in the upper aero-digestive tract, the association of tonsillectomy with the risk of deep neck infection remains unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence rate and risk of deep neck infection among patients who had undergone a tonsillectomy. METHODS This retrospective cohort study eval...

Introduction: Various efforts have been made to reduce post tonsillectomy pain in children. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ropivacaine in post-operative pain management in these children. Materials and Methods: This study is a Randomized control study on 140 patients between 4 - 12 years of age, in whom tonsillectomy was performed in a ...

Objective: Total tonsillectomy and intracapsular tonsillectomy are common procedures for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of coblation intracapsular tonsillectomy (ICT) and coblation complete tonsillectomy (CT) as treatments for OSA. Study design: A retrospective study of all the children ages 2 18 years wit...