Reducing Post-tonsillectomy Pain by Tonsil Pillars Suturing.

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Post - Tonsillectomy Pain

Treatments: Procedure: tonsillectomy without tonsil pillars suturing; Procedure: tonsil pillars suturing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04161196

077-19-HYMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

comparing post-tonsillectomy pain with and without suturing tonsil pillars to investigate whether suturing tonsil pillars reduces the pain of post-tonsillectomy.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 18 and over.
2. patients with tonsillectomy indication due to chronic Tonsillitis.

Exclusion criteria

1. patients with tonsillectomy indication without chronic tonsillitis ( due to other causes).
2. chronic disease, chronic neurology disease.
3. chronic psychology disease.
4. bleeding tendency.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

patients with post - tonsillectomy suturing tonsil pillars

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: tonsil pillars suturing

patients without post - tonsillectomy suturing tonsil pillars

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: tonsillectomy without tonsil pillars suturing