Outcomes of Bipolar Electrocautery Tonsillectomy Versus Cold Steel Dissection Pediatric Tonsillectomy

RESnTEC, Institute of Research

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tonsillitis

Treatments: Procedure: Bipolar electrocautery tonsillectomy technique; Procedure: Cold steel dissection technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06494839

TonsillectomyLHR

Details and patient eligibility

About

It was intended to practically establish whether or not the relatively newer technique of tonsillectomy like bipolar electrocautery tonsillectomy has any added benefits in reducing the duration of surgery, blood loss and post-operative pain as compared with conventional cold steel dissection method. This study was done to compare the outcomes of bipolar electrocautery tonsillectomy versus cold steel dissection pediatric tonsillectomy.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 13 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients of 5-13 years of age
• Both genders
• With a history of recurrent episodes of tonsillitis in the last year
• Children who had bilaterally enlarged tonsils
• No history of fever or sore throat in the last 4 weeks

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who had enlarged adenoids and required adenotonsillectomy
• Patients who underwent tonsillectomy after quinsy
• With a history of bleeding disorders
• Patients who showed an international normalized ratio (INR) ≥ 1.5

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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110 participants in 2 patient groups

Bipolar electrocautery tonsillectomy group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Bipolar electrocautery tonsillectomy technique

Cold steel dissection group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Cold steel dissection technique