A Comparison of the Incidence of Post Operative Bleeding Between Electric Cauterization and Suture Ligation Tonsillectomies
CHANCHAI CHARAKORN, M.D., M.Sc.*
Affiliation : * Pramongkutklao Hospital, Royal Thai Army, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Abstract Two-thousand one-hundred tonsillectomies performed from January 1980 to December 1995 by otolaryngologists at Pramongkutklao General Hospital were reviewed. The Dissection- Tyding snare technique was used and hemostasis completed by electric cautery in 690 cases. by suture ligature in 720 cases, by guaze packing alone as a control in 600 cases respectively. It can be concluded that the use of suture ligature offers an efficient and practical method to reduce the incidence of primary tonsillectomies bleeding.
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