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Less Pain After Tonsillectomy

A new study reveals that a tonsillectomy procedure using less energy than the standard elec...ey to reducing pain during recovery. // During a tonsillectomy using the electrocautery method, a special scalpel heats tissue as it goes along to control bleeding...

Reducing The After Effects of Tonsillectomy

Pain after tonsillectomy is of special concern since it interferes with eat... intake despite pain. A new study reveals that a tonsillectomy procedure using less energy than the standard electrocautery may be the key to reducing pain during ...

Tonsillectomy improves quality of life

...l Center examined 50 children scheduled to undergo tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Most of the children suffered from sleep apnea while a small percentage suffered from periodic tonsillitis. Researchers used a series of standardized tests to determine the impact of the surgery on children's emotional and behavior...

Internet Helps Patients In Finding Info About Their Children's' Health Conditions

...ergoing routine otolaryngology procedures, such as tonsillectomy or placement of ear tubes, as outpatients at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center during September 2003 and January 2004. Parents were asked questions about their access to the Internet and whether they had searched for information on their ...

Kids Overcome Behavioral And Sleep Problems After Tonsillectomy

...esults do not yet prove cause and effect, and that tonsillectomy is not usually a “cure” for ADHD. But, they say, t...with ADHD no longer had the condition a year after tonsillectomy – occurred in 11 of 22 children with ADHD. This means that sleep and breathing problems are only par...

Electrosurgery Ensures Integrity Of Cochlear Implant Following Adenoids Removal

...blation?) has become popular for adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy because of reports of less post-tonsillectomy pain. The reduction in post-tonsillectomy pain has been attributed to the more limited spread of electrical current and reduced tissue temperatures with Coblation bipolar electrosurgery relative to monopo...

Anxiety In Children Prior To Surgery Might Complicate Recovery

...2-years-old who were scheduled to undergo elective tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. The personality characteristics of the children and their parents were assessed before the surgery. All of the children were admitted to a research unit at Yale following the surgery and postoperative pain and analgesic consumption...

Common Sleep Disorder Hinders School Performance

...imple as treating a stuffy nose or as complex as a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. “If obstructive adenoids or tonsils are removed, and your child’s sleep is improved, it may not only help with school work,” said Dr. Dyleski, “Many children experience less asthma, less hyperactivity, improved attention span and...

Tonsillectomy reduces risk of strep throat

...ergo tonsillectomy. . "These results suggest that tonsillectomy is a useful therapy for treating children with rec... this group, children who subsequently underwent a tonsillectomy were compared with an age- and sex-matched sample of children who had not had a tonsillectomy. The d...

Shorter Post-Operative Recovery Stay After Tonsillectomy for Kids Safe, Cost-Efficient

... be safe and cost-efficient to discharge pediatric tonsillectomy patients after a short post-operative recovery per...fter surgery.' Patients remain in recovery after tonsillectomy so that medical staff can monitor the child after emerging from anesthesia, to allow for the child t...

Overweight Children Tested Positive For Sleep Disorders

...re chronically sleep-deprived, asked if they had a tonsillectomy because that usually fixes sleep apnea in children," Dr. Davis says. Interestingly sleepiness was not an issue because children instead tend to display attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder-type behavior when they don't get enough sleep, she say...

Sleep Problems in Overweight Children Appear Fairly Common

...re chronically sleep-deprived, asked if they had a tonsillectomy because that usually fixes sleep apnea in children," Dr. Davis says. Interestingly sleepiness was not an issue because children instead tend to display attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder-type behavior when they don't get enough sleep, she say...

Ear Fluid Does Not Impair Development

...rch have involved investigation of indications for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy and the management of middle-ear disease. His studies of these conditions have gained him international recognition. Among his studies of otitis media, Dr. Paradise discovered the near universality of the disease in infants and yo...

Is It Worth Having Surgery to Remove Your Tonsils?

...h recurrent sore throats may benefit from having a tonsillectomy in the short term, but the overall longer term ben... A small study of adults from Finland showed that tonsillectomy significantly reduced the likelihood of further infection after 90 days, compared with watchful wait...

Is It Worth Having Surgery to Remove Your Tonsils?

...h recurrent sore throats may benefit from having a tonsillectomy in the short term, but the overall longer term ben... A small study of adults from Finland showed that tonsillectomy significantly reduced the likelihood of further infection after 90 days, compared with watchful wait...

Patients Undergoing Tonsillectomy Shows No Change of Taste

...ersity of Vienna, Austria, and colleagues asked 65 tonsillectomy patients (42 females, 23 males; average age 28) to...ons of patients experiencing taste disorders after tonsillectomy have been published, they conclude. However, based on the present results, taste loss after tonsille...

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