11-HEMOSTASIS WITH SURGICEL FOR TONSILLECTOMY: A PILOT STUDY

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the use of surgicel as the primary hemostasis method intonsillectomy. It is a cross-sectional prospective study included 211 patients who underwenttonsillectomy alone or with conjugation with adenoidectomy over a period of 4 years in a tertiarycentre. The surgeon used cold steel dissection and surgicel as primary Hemostasis technique.There was no post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage in this study, giving a 0% risk of post tonsillectomybleeding. It is concluded that the use of surgicel is a valid technique to achieve hemostasis intonsillectomy. Larger number of patients has to be operated on using this technique in order tovalidate the comparison between our technique and techniques currently used.