Morbidity after paediatric tonsillectomy: Comparing cold and bipolar dissection
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.676Keywords:
Amigdalectomia, Dor, Crianças, Disseção a frio, Disseção com bipolarAbstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the post-operative morbilities with cold dissection (CD) and bipolar dissection (BD) in pediatric tonsillectomy.
Methods: This is a prospective study including children aged 3-10 years old, undergoing tonsillectomy by a single surgeon from February 2015 to June 2016. Patients were alternately selected to CD group or BD group. Pain, complications, number of days with analgesic use and in liquid diet were recorded and compared.
Results: There were 60 children included in the study, 30 in each group. There was no statistically significant difference in pain scores at days 1, 5 and 10 after surgery, in number of days with analgesic use nor in liquid diet for both groups. Three patients in each group had post-surgery complications.
Conclusion: Morbilities results suggest that BD tonsillectomy is similar to CD tonsillectomy in children.
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