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ISSN: 2252-0805 The Horizon of Medical Sciences 2014;19(4):242-248
ISSN: 2252-0805 The Horizon of Medical Sciences 2014;19(4):242-248
Comparison of Electro-cautery Tonsillectomy and Tonsil Twisting Methods in Patients
ARTICLE INFO
Article Type
Original ResearchAuthors
Habibi R. (*)Ghelichi M. (1)
Ghobadi A. (2)
Safarian M. (2)
Habibi Gh. (3)
(*) Operation Room Department, Para Medical School, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
(1) Operation Room Department, Para Medical School, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
(2) Otolaryngology Department, Medicine Faculty, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
(3) Statistics Department, Basic Sciences Faculty, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
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Article History
Received: June 13, 2013Accepted: December 26, 2013
ePublished: January 5, 2014
ABSTRACT
Aims
The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods of electrocautery
tonsillectomy and tonsil twisting in patients.
Materials & Methods This comparative study based on convenience sampling was performed on 60 patients with two methods of electrocautery tonsillectomy (30 persons) and twisting tonsils (30 persons). Demographic questionnaire, a visual numeric pain scale, and a tonsillectomy questionnaire were completed by the researcher during and after surgery. The data were analyzed through SPSS 16 using Chi-square, Mann-Whitney and Pearson correlation tests.
Findings The two methods revealed statistically significant differences between the duration of the surgical procedure, postoperative pain and the amount of intra operative bleeding. However, the results did not show any statistically significant difference between the costs of treatment, stay in hospital, postoperative bleeding and medication prescription.
Conclusion Tonsil twisting method has a higher rate of tonsil bleeding (1.9) than electrocautery method, and pain in electrocautery method is more than tonsil twisting method.
Materials & Methods This comparative study based on convenience sampling was performed on 60 patients with two methods of electrocautery tonsillectomy (30 persons) and twisting tonsils (30 persons). Demographic questionnaire, a visual numeric pain scale, and a tonsillectomy questionnaire were completed by the researcher during and after surgery. The data were analyzed through SPSS 16 using Chi-square, Mann-Whitney and Pearson correlation tests.
Findings The two methods revealed statistically significant differences between the duration of the surgical procedure, postoperative pain and the amount of intra operative bleeding. However, the results did not show any statistically significant difference between the costs of treatment, stay in hospital, postoperative bleeding and medication prescription.
Conclusion Tonsil twisting method has a higher rate of tonsil bleeding (1.9) than electrocautery method, and pain in electrocautery method is more than tonsil twisting method.
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