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Volume 26

April - June 2010

Number  2


 

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Reducing Post Operative bleeding after tonsillectomies
in children by modifying the Monopolar
Diathermy technique:A study of 1500 patients

M Rafique Gooda1, Irshad Sheikh2, Azam Suleri3

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the effects of modifications of the present technique of monopolar diathermy tonsillectomy on the incidence of post operative bleeding and compare them with international data for tonsillectomies done without modifications.

Methodology: This is a prospective, longitudinal experimental study. Fifteen hundred patients were studied from January 2000 to January 2008. Patient’s age ranged from five to fifteen years. All patients underwent tonsillectomies by modified monopolar diathermy method. The incidence of postoperative bleeding was assessed.

Results: Two patients developed significant secondary haemorrhage, which is defined as requiring a return to the operating theater for the control of bleeding. One patient with secondary bleed required blood transfusion in addition to a return to the operating theater. Five patients developed minor secondary bleed that was controlled by conservative means. Two patients developed reactionary bleeding that was controlled in the operating room before return of the patient to the bed.

Conclusion: Modifications in the existing technique produces a significantly lower incidence of post operative bleeding from the tonsillar fossae and compares well than those reported in the international literature.

KEY WORDS: Tonsillectomy, Modified diathermy technique, Bleeding.

Pak J Med Sci    April - June 2010    Vol. 26 No. 2    434-437

How to cite this article:

Gooda MR, Sheikh I, Suleri A. Reducing Post Operative bleeding after tonsillectomies in children by modifying the Monopolar Diathermy technique: A study of 1500 patients. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(2):434-437.


1. M Rafique Gooda, DLO, MCPS, FRCS (Ire)
ENT and Head and Neck Surgeon,
Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry, Karachi,
2. Irshad Sheikh, DLO,
Senior Registrar,
3. Azam Suleri, MBBS,
Registrar,
2-3: Kulsoombai Valika Social Security Hospital, Karachi.

Correspondence:

M Rafique Gooda,
Department of ENT, Hamdard University Hospital,
Karachi, Pakistan.
E-mail: mrgooda_2000@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: August 10, 2009
* Revision Received: March 13, 2010
* Revision Accepted: March 15, 2010



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