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Lateral Pharyngoplasty Outcomes in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy

NCT05575401 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2026-02-23

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Summary

The goal of this treatment study is to determine if doing lateral pharyngoplasty with tonsillectomy is better for children than doing tonsillectomy alone. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do children experience less pain after surgery when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed with tonsillectomy compared to tonsillectomy alone?
* Do children eat/drink better when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed with tonsillectomy compared to tonsillectomy alone?
* Is there a lower risk of bleeding after tonsillectomy when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed? Researchers will compare children undergoing tonsillectomy and lateral pharyngoplasty with children undergoing tonsillectomy alone to see if the participants experience less pain, better oral intake, and less bleeding complications after surgery. Parents of participants will be asked to record pain scores and pain medications given, approximate amounts of daily oral intake, and any complications after surgery.

Conditions

  • Sleep-Disordered Breathing
  • Sleep Apnea Syndromes in Children
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
  • Tonsillitis
  • Tonsillar Hypertrophy
  • Tonsil Stone
  • Tonsil Disease

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Lateral pharyngoplasty

Two figure-of-8 sutures using 3-0 vicryl are used to approximate the anterior and posterior tonsillar pillars and reconstruct the continuous mucosal covering of the lateral pharyngeal walls.

PROCEDURE

Tonsillectomy

Extracapsular tonsillectomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Loma Linda University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tsungju O-Lee, MD · Loma Linda University Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-17
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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