OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Pain after uvulopalatoplasty continues to cause patients significant morbidity, especially from the tonsillectomy portion. The literature describes multiple techniques to reduce post-tonsillectomy pain, none being definitive. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of intraoperative ice pack application on post-uvulopalatoplasty pain. STUDY DESIGN Single-bli...

Introduction: To study about the efficacy of Peritonsillar infiltration Ropivacaine and pain control in immediate postoperative period following tonsillectomy surgery adult patients. Methods: 80 patients were included age 18 to 50 years. After informed consent, divided into two groups. In Group R 0.5%Ropivacaine with 1:100000 Adrenaline C 0.9%normal saline was injected tonsillar fossa tonsillec...

<p class="abstract">Tonsillectomy the “bread and butter” surgery of Otorhinolaryngologist has graduated from Gullitone to state art plasma knife technique, vis a patient surgeon comfort. The excruciating post recovery pain is due breach in oro-phayngeal mucosa thereby irritation terminal arborizations glossopharyngeal vagal innervations. Moreover, surgical trauma induced inflammation spas...