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Post Tonsillectomy Haemorrhage In Bipolar Diathermy Versus Conventional Technique

Received: 10 October 2015    Accepted: 21 October 2015    Published: 24 November 2015
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This is a prospective hospital based study conducted in Omdurman Military Hospital (OMH) from January to December 2009 comparing the conventional dissection tonsillectomy (CDT) versus bipolar diathermy tonsillectomy (BDT). The study was conducted to determine the incidence of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage and it's relation to technique used. Also to detect the efficacy of bipolar diathermy in intra-operative haemostasis in tonsillectomy procedures. 165 patients who had tonsillectomy during the study period were randomly collected and grouped into two according to the technique used. Questionnaire and SPSS program were used for data collection and analysis respectively. The primary haemorrhage was reported in 3.6% and the secondary one in 1.8% of study sample. The intra-operative bleeding found to be correlated (p < 0.005) to the technique. Insignificant secondary haemorrhage occurred in three cases from the bipolar diathermy group but had no correlation (p > 0.005) with the technique used for tonsillectomy. The primary haemorrhage was found to be correlated to the technique used. The bipolar diathermy is highly efficacious in intra-operative haemostasis during tonsillectomy. The difference was insignificant between bipolar diathermy and conventional dissection methods regarding the secondary haemorrhage.

Published in Clinical Medicine Research (Volume 4, Issue 6)
DOI 10.11648/j.cmr.20150406.14
Page(s) 189-194
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Tonsillectomy, Bipolar, Diathermy and Conventional

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  • ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shendi University, Shendi, Sudan

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