MedTrace Logo

Effect of Tonsillar Pillar Closure on Postoperative Pain and Bleeding Risk After Tonsillectomy

NCT00394849 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 763

Last updated 2017-11-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if closing the tonsil fossa after tonsillectomy leads to less pain and bleeding risk than leaving it open to heal by secondary intention.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

suture one tonsillar fossa

one tonsillar fossa was sutured. One side was not sutured. Pain was compared side to side.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bruce H. Matt, MD, MS · Indiana University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-07-31
Primary Completion
2004-03-31
Completion
2004-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00394849 on ClinicalTrials.gov