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Comparison of Cold Dissection Technique and Needle Monopolar Electrocautery Tonsillectomy

NCT02818647 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2016-08-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients 13-years-or older who undergo tonsillectomy operation (without another additional surgery) will be enrolled in the study. Randomly, one side is going to be operated with conventional cold-knife technique and hemostasis will be maintained with bipolar diathermy (25-30w). Contralateral tonsil is going to be operated with needle-tip monopolar electrocautery (10-12w) at Blend 1 mode and hemostasis will also be maintained with needle-tip monopolar cautery. Postoperative tonsillar fossa healing and pain is going to be evaluated for both sides separately with Visual Analogue Scale. All operations are going to be performed by a single surgeon and all evaluations are going to be carried out by another surgeon in a totally blinded fashion to avoid possible bias.

Conditions

  • Chronic Tonsillitis
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Tonsillar Hypertrophy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Tonsillectomy

Tonsillectomy is the name of the surgery where tonsils are removed via capsullary dissection. There are various techniques and its basically removing the tonsil from its tonsillary fossa and conducting hemostasis with various equipments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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