Comparison of Cold Dissection Technique and Needle Monopolar Electrocautery Tonsillectomy
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT02818647
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Patients 13-years-or older who undergo tonsillectomy operation (without another additional surgery) will be enrolled in the study. Randomly, one side is going to be operated with conventional cold-knife technique and hemostasis will be maintained with bipolar diathermy (25-30w). Contralateral tonsil is going to be operated with needle-tip monopolar electrocautery (10-12w) at Blend 1 mode and hemostasis will also be maintained with needle-tip monopolar cautery. Postoperative tonsillar fossa healing and pain is going to be evaluated for both sides separately with Visual Analogue Scale. All operations are going to be performed by a single surgeon and all evaluations are going to be carried out by another surgeon in a totally blinded fashion to avoid possible bias.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of Cold Dissection Technique and Needle Monopolar Electrocautery Tonsillectomy
- Conditions
- Chronic Tonsillitis
- Tonsillectomy
- Tonsillar Hypertrophy
- Interventions
- Procedure: Tonsillectomy
- Sponsor
- Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital
- Start date
- 2016-06
- Primary completion
- 2016-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 13 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * 13-years old and older * Informed consent * Isolated tonsillectomy (without adenoidectomy, OSAS surgery etc ) * Tonsillar hypertrophy Exclusion Criteria: * Malignancy suspicion * Additional simultaneous surgeries (adenoidectomy, OSAS etc)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02818647