Please do answer with respect to:
1) advantages depending on the indication for surgery
2) technique that you prefer/endorse
Pain is usually less and the risks of secondary bleeding are less depending on the tool your using. This applies for RF
The long term results are similar in both groups. RF tonsillotomy occurs with less pain and more rapid recovery regarding to food intake, and we are preserving some tonsil tissue, eventually without biofilms. In my practise, when performing tonsillotomy I use RF with Coblator (trademark)
Tonsillotomy has less bleeding and postop pain but may not be enough but only if use coblation or RF. Residual tonsillar tisue may produce the same simptoms as before surgery especially in adults.
RadioFrequency and coblation tonsillotomy offers less pain and more rapid recovery and it is more physiologic than traditional tonsillectomy.
In my sixty 60 yrs of practice I found Finger dissection's tonsillectomy with diathermic cauterization is safest, quickest & needs least post operative follow up
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