NCT06494839Completed
Outcomes of Bipolar Electrocautery Tonsillectomy Versus Cold Steel Dissection Pediatric Tonsillectomy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Jul 2024
Brief summary (registry, in English)
It was intended to practically establish whether or not the relatively newer technique of tonsillectomy like bipolar electrocautery tonsillectomy has any added benefits in reducing the duration of surgery, blood loss and post-operative pain as compared with conventional cold steel dissection method. This study was done to compare the outcomes of bipolar electrocautery tonsillectomy versus cold steel dissection pediatric tonsillectomy.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 110 (actual)
- First submitted
- 26 Jun 2024
- Start date
- 1 Nov 2023
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2024
- Lead sponsor
- RESnTEC, Institute of Research
- NCT number
- NCT06494839
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 110
- From 1 Nov 2023 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- With a history of bleeding disorders
Lab values
- Patients who showed an international normalized ratio (INR) ≥ 1.5
Other
- Patients who had enlarged adenoids and required adenotonsillectomy
- Patients who underwent tonsillectomy after quinsy
Who the study is looking for
- Patients of 5-13 years of age
- Both genders
- With a history of recurrent episodes of tonsillitis in the last year
- Children who had bilaterally enlarged tonsils
- No history of fever or sore throat in the last 4 weeks
Age in the registry: 5 years to 13 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lahore | Pakistan | Unknown status |
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