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KTP-532 laser tonsillectomy – a potential day-case procedure?

1995; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 109; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0022215100130592

1748-5460

N. M. Raine, H. B. Whittet, N. J. Marks, Richard M. Ryan,

Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments

We report the results of a prospective pilot study of 54 adult patients undergoing tonsillectomy using the KTP-532 laser, designed to assess whether the technique would facilitate day-case adult tonsillectomy. Subjective and objective assessment at six hours post-operatively showed that only 43 per cent could, in our judgement, have been discharged at this interval. Furthermore, the overall complication rate was 31 per cent with a secondary haemorrhage rate of 19 per cent. We conclude that KTP-532 laser tonsillectomy as performed in this pilot study compares unfavourably with dissection tonsillectomy and we discuss possible reasons for this.