Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

A Study of Clinical Outcomes in Laser Tonsillectomy

Dr. Sunita Bisht, Dr. Ajith Nilakantan, Dr. Debarshi Jana

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This non randomised prospective analytical comparative cohort study between laser tonsillectomy and cold steel dissection tonsillectomy was conducted at a tertiary level hospital. In this study 54 subjects were divided alternatively in laser and cold steel group. Both the groups were compared in aspects of operative time, intraoperative haemorrhage, postoperative haemorrhage, postoperative pain and functional recovery in terms of improvement in odynophagia and early return to normal diet. It was found that laser tonsillectomy takes lesser time with significantly lesser intraoperative haemorrhage. There was no significant difference in postoperative haemorrhage between the groups. In the immediate postoperative period, pain was lesser in laser tonsillectomy group but it increased with subsequent days. Functional recovery was delayed in laser tonsillectomy group.

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A STUDY OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN LASER TONSILLECTOMY, Dr. Sunita Bisht, Dr. Ajith Nilakantan, Dr. Debarshi Jana INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020

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