Cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy technique
Background: Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequently applied and oldest surgical procedures in otorhinolaryngology. Various surgical techniques are used to perform this operation including traditional and cauterization techniques. Objectives: To assess morbidity and efficacy and compare objective...
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| author | Ali Maeed S. Al-Shehri Haifa Lafi Sahej Alenzi Yazeed Mansour Ali Mohammed Abdullah Musleh Rishi kumar Bharti Amr Mohammed Saeed Munshet |
| author_facet | Ali Maeed S. Al-Shehri Haifa Lafi Sahej Alenzi Yazeed Mansour Ali Mohammed Abdullah Musleh Rishi kumar Bharti Amr Mohammed Saeed Munshet |
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| description | Background: Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequently applied and oldest surgical procedures in otorhinolaryngology. Various surgical techniques are used to perform this operation including traditional and cauterization techniques. Objectives: To assess morbidity and efficacy and compare objectively the techniques in tonsillectomy, i.e., traditional technique and cauterization technique. This study compares the traditional and cauterization tonsillectomy techniques in view of their advantages and complications. Methods: This is a retrospective study and comparative study, conducted during the period from January 2017 to March 2018 from the patients attending to Alnamas General Hospital, Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire was designed to compare the traditional and cauterization tonsillectomy. Fifty patients underwent traditional technique and fifty patients underwent cauterization method. The data analyzed using SPSS V.16.0 (SPSS Inc; Chicago, IL, USA). Results: A total of 100 patients, 62 males and 38 females, aged 8 to 16 years were included in the study. A total of 100 patients were enrolled in the study. Traditional and cauterization tonsillectomy were performed. 50 (27 male and 23 female) patients, whose ages ranged from 9 to 16 years old underwent the traditional tonsillectomy, 50 (35 male and 15 female) patients whose ages ranged from 8 to 16 years underwent cauterization. The two groups were similar for demographic parameters. The difference between mean operative times of the two methods was statistically significant. Postoperative bleeding is significantly higher in the traditional technique compared to cauterization method. Postoperative pain is significantly less in cauterization method. Only a few patients experienced fever, bleeding, and other complications related to anesthesia. The bleeding severity is significantly lower in the cauterization technique. Postoperative pain was less in cauterization technique on day 1 and day 5. Postoperative pain was from mild to severe. Conclusion: This study revealed significantly less postoperative complications in traditional tonsillectomy in comparison with the cauterization method. Healing time was significantly faster in cauterization technique than in traditional method. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db29ba2550b34a9fa1fa001a43864ce02022-12-21T23:58:43ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632020-01-01983981398510.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_84_20Cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy techniqueAli Maeed S. Al-ShehriHaifa Lafi Sahej AlenziYazeed Mansour Ali MohammedAbdullah MuslehRishi kumar BhartiAmr Mohammed Saeed MunshetBackground: Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequently applied and oldest surgical procedures in otorhinolaryngology. Various surgical techniques are used to perform this operation including traditional and cauterization techniques. Objectives: To assess morbidity and efficacy and compare objectively the techniques in tonsillectomy, i.e., traditional technique and cauterization technique. This study compares the traditional and cauterization tonsillectomy techniques in view of their advantages and complications. Methods: This is a retrospective study and comparative study, conducted during the period from January 2017 to March 2018 from the patients attending to Alnamas General Hospital, Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire was designed to compare the traditional and cauterization tonsillectomy. Fifty patients underwent traditional technique and fifty patients underwent cauterization method. The data analyzed using SPSS V.16.0 (SPSS Inc; Chicago, IL, USA). Results: A total of 100 patients, 62 males and 38 females, aged 8 to 16 years were included in the study. A total of 100 patients were enrolled in the study. Traditional and cauterization tonsillectomy were performed. 50 (27 male and 23 female) patients, whose ages ranged from 9 to 16 years old underwent the traditional tonsillectomy, 50 (35 male and 15 female) patients whose ages ranged from 8 to 16 years underwent cauterization. The two groups were similar for demographic parameters. The difference between mean operative times of the two methods was statistically significant. Postoperative bleeding is significantly higher in the traditional technique compared to cauterization method. Postoperative pain is significantly less in cauterization method. Only a few patients experienced fever, bleeding, and other complications related to anesthesia. The bleeding severity is significantly lower in the cauterization technique. Postoperative pain was less in cauterization technique on day 1 and day 5. Postoperative pain was from mild to severe. Conclusion: This study revealed significantly less postoperative complications in traditional tonsillectomy in comparison with the cauterization method. Healing time was significantly faster in cauterization technique than in traditional method.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=8;spage=3981;epage=3985;aulast=Al-Shehribleedingcauterizationpainpostoperativetonsillectomytraditional |
| spellingShingle | Ali Maeed S. Al-Shehri Haifa Lafi Sahej Alenzi Yazeed Mansour Ali Mohammed Abdullah Musleh Rishi kumar Bharti Amr Mohammed Saeed Munshet Cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy technique Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care bleeding cauterization pain postoperative tonsillectomy traditional |
| title | Cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy technique |
| title_full | Cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy technique |
| title_fullStr | Cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy technique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy technique |
| title_short | Cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy technique |
| title_sort | cauterization tonsillectomy as compared to traditional tonsillectomy technique |
| topic | bleeding cauterization pain postoperative tonsillectomy traditional |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=8;spage=3981;epage=3985;aulast=Al-Shehri |
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