A pilot study to determine feasibility of acute coblation tonsillectomy for patients with recurrent acute tonsillitis

A/Prof Alan Cheng0 个研究点目标入组 20 人开始时间: 2020年6月9日最近更新: 2020年6月15日

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•Patients over the age of 16 years with acute tonsillitis, with or without peri-tonsillar abscess, requiring admission to hospital. Symptoms and signs evidencing an episode of acute tonsillitis include fever >38.0 degrees Celsius, tonsillar erythema and/or exudate, sore throat, cervical lymphadenopathy, with or without a culture positive for Group A b-haemolytic Streptococcus. Patient's should additionally warrant tonsillectomy based on their history of clinically significant episodes of sore throat diagnosed as recurrent acute tonsillitis as per the Paradise Criteria (3 episodes per year for previous 3 consecutive years, 5 episodes per year for previous 2 consecutive years, or 7 episodes in the previous year).

•Patients under the age of 16 years, patients unable to provide consent, only a single documented episode of acute tonsillitis or where the history of recurrent acute tonsillitis cannot be established, pregnancy, suspected tonsillar malignancy, and if obstructive sleep apnoea is the main indication for tonsillectomy. Patients with bleeding disorders or haematological malignancies, or other significant co-morbidities (patients with American Society of Anaesthesiologists Score 3-4) will also be excluded.

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A/Prof Alan Cheng