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Review of Radiofrequency Ablation in Tonsillectomy

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The most common disease involving the tonsils among children and adults is chronic tonsillitis. There are different surgical techniques described in literature for the treatment of diseases involving the tonsils. Of these, the most routinely performed and the traditional method is conventional dissection tonsillectomy. The main disadvantage of this method is bleeding and postoperative pain. Radiofrequency ablation is found to overcome this limitation due to its mechanism of action. Both monopolar and bipolar radiofrequency ablation can be used in the surgical management. The effectiveness of monopolar radiofrequency has been proved in different fields of medicine. Hence new studies can be directed in comparing monopolar radiofrequency ablation with other techniques of tonsillectomy.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, (A constituent college of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth) SBV Campus, Pillayarkuppam, Pondy–Cuddalore Main Road, Pondicherry, 607402, India

    P. Karthikeyan, A. Govindarajan & K. Rasmika

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Karthikeyan, P., Govindarajan, A. & Rasmika, K. Review of Radiofrequency Ablation in Tonsillectomy. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 3), 5008–5011 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02626-5

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