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Coblation Versus Cold Dissection Tonsillectomy: A Comparative Study

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Tonsillectomy is the most frequently performed surgery in the recent years. Many techniques have been advocated to improve surgical efficacy and decrease postoperative morbidity. Probably the most update was coblation tonsillectomy. This is a comparative study which was conducted on 50 patients (23 females and 27 males) who underwent tonsillectomy operations, 25 patients using cold steel dissection method whereas coblation technique was used for the rest 25 patients. Follow up was done at day 1, 3, 7 and 14 and the related parameters were calculated. The mean age of patients was 11.6 years with a mean of 2.2–40 years. There were 27 (54%) males out of 50 and 23 (46%) were females. Male to female ratio was 54%:46% ≈ 1.17:1. The current study revealed significant difference between coblation versus cold dissection tonsillectomy. Postoperative pain was significantly less at day 3 and day 7 using coblation technique. Moreover, there were less intraoperative bleeding, less time in days to return to normal diet and less time to return to normal activities. We believe that coblation tonsillectomy carries less morbidity than cold steel dissection, hence we recommend it to be applied at our hospital.

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The authors would like to thank our dear friend Mr. Andrawis Sargon Emanuel B.Sc. Economy for his kind help on conducting statistical analysis of this research. Our gratitude also due, to all children and parents whose participation in this research, are highly appreciated.

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  1. Al-Sheikhan General Hospital, Mosul, Iraq

    Mohammed Saeed Sheet, Ausama Fahmy Al-Banna & Emanuel Sargon Emanuel

  2. College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

    Ali Abdulmuttalib Mohammed & Haitham Alnori

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Sheet, M.S., Al-Banna, A.F., Emanuel, E.S. et al. Coblation Versus Cold Dissection Tonsillectomy: A Comparative Study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 3), 5706–5711 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-022-03079-0

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