Time to Functional Recovery After Laser Tonsillotomy Performed Under Local Anesthesia vs Conventional Tonsillectomy With General Anesthesia Among Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Carbon dioxide laser tonsillotomy performed under local anesthesia may be an effective and less invasive alternative than dissection tonsillectomy for treatment of tonsil-related afflictions.

Objective

To compare functional recovery and symptom relief among adults undergoing tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial was conducted at 5 secondary and tertiary hospitals in the Netherlands from January 2018 to December 2019. Participants were 199 adult patients with an indication for surgical tonsil removal randomly assigned to either the tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy group.

Interventions

For tonsillotomy, the crypts of the palatine tonsil were evaporated using a carbon dioxide laser under local anest

SUBMITTER: Wong Chung JERE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8861850 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature