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Objective: To determine whether harmonic scalpel has any advantage over Ligasure tonsillectomy or not in terms of blood loss, duration of surgery, pain scores and slough separation time. Study Design: Double Blind Cross Sectional study. Setting: Faisalabad Medical University and Affiliated Institutions. Period: January to June 2022. Material & Methods: Seventy patients in total were selected and divided by Random sampling into two groups to be operated either with Ligasure or Harmonic Scalpel. The difference between the two groups was assessed in terms of pain scores, slough separation time, duration of surgery and blood loss between the two groups. Results: Patients results showed statistical significant difference in the two groups in terms of slough separation time and pain scores but there was no significant difference in terms of blood loss and duration of surgery. Conclusion: Harmonic scalpel does have an advantage over Ligasure tonsillectomy as far as early healing is concerned and thus certainly helps in reducing the morbidity of the patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determine whether harmonic scalpel has any advantage over monopolar diathermy tonsillectomy or not in terms of blood loss, duration of surgery, pain scores and slough separation time. Study Design: Double Blind Cross Sectional study. Setting: Faisalabad Medical University and Affiliated Institutions. Period: April 2022 to September 2022. Material & Methods: Seventy patients were selected and divided by Random sampling into two groups to be operated either with Harmonic Scalpel or Monopolar Diathermy. The difference between the two groups was assessed in terms of pain scores, slough separation time, duration of surgery and blood loss between the two groups. Results: Patients results showed statistical significant difference in the two groups in terms of slough separation time and pain scores but there was no significant difference in terms of blood loss and duration of surgery. Conclusion: Harmonic scalpel does have an advantage over diathermy tonsillectomy as far as early healing is concerned and thus certainly helps in reducing the morbidity of the patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determine whether harmonic scalpel has any advantage over monopolar diathermy tonsillectomy or not in terms of blood loss, duration of surgery, pain scores and slough separation time. Study Design: Double Blind Cross Sectional study. Setting: Faisalabad Medical University and Affiliated Institutions. Period: April 2022 to September 2022. Material & Methods: Seventy patients were selected and divided by Random sampling into two groups to be operated either with Harmonic Scalpel or Monopolar Diathermy. The difference between the two groups was assessed in terms of pain scores, slough separation time, duration of surgery and blood loss between the two groups. Results: Patients results showed statistical significant difference in the two groups in terms of slough separation time and pain scores but there was no significant difference in terms of blood loss and duration of surgery. Conclusion: Harmonic scalpel does have an advantage over diathermy tonsillectomy as far as early healing is concerned and thus certainly helps in reducing the morbidity of the patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To see the effects of submucoperichondrial infiltration of different solutions in terms of mucoperichondrial injuries on flap elevation, convenience of finding the correct surgical plane and duration of surgery. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Faisalabad Medical University and Affiliated Institutions. Period: February 2020 to August 2020. Material & Methods: Sixty patients in total were selected by Random sampling. To assess difference in terms of mucoperichondrial injuries on flap elevation, convenience of finding the correct surgical plane and duration of surgery after institution of submucoperichondrial infiltration of 1:80000 adrenaline in one group of patients and normal saline in other group of patients. Results: Patients results showed statistical significant difference in the two groups in terms of duration of surgery and convenience of finding the correct surgical plane. Conclusion: Adrenaline alone in concentration of 1:80000 is far more superior then 0.9% normal saline as submucoperichondrial infiltration option. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]