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Pediatric Tonsillectomy: PlasmaKnife Vs. Coblator
Author(s) -
Lipan Michael J.,
Dinh Christine T.,
Younis Ramzi T.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.20460
Subject(s) - citation , tonsillectomy , section (typography) , library science , presentation (obstetrics) , computer science , medicine , surgery , operating system
Results: 164 patients were identified and 108 were included in the study. The most common reason for exclusion was inadequate follow-up. 57 patients underwent PlasmaKnife tonsillectomy (44% female, 56% male, average age: 6.8 years) and 51 patients underwent Coblator tonsillectomy (48% female, 52% male, average age: 6.5 years). The blood loss and duration of surgery were comparable between both techniques. Post-operative bleeding occurred in four PlasmaKnife (7.0%) and one Coblator tonsillectomy patient (1.9%) (p<0.01)
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