EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS OF TONSILLECTOMY WITH CO2 LASER AT OTORHINOLARYGOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT THAI NGUYEN NATIONAL HOSPITAL

Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen , Cong Hoang Nguyen

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Objective: To evaluate the results of tonsillectomy with CO2 laser at Thai Nguyen Central General Hospital. Subjects: 65 patients underwent CO2 laser tonsillectomy at the Department of Otolaryngology - Thai Nguyen Central Hospital from April 2022 to December 2022. Methods: Description of the rescue process can be alternated before- after. Result: The proportion of female patients accounted for 52.3%, equivalent to 47.7% of male patients. The mean age is 22.7. The common functional symptom of pain is 66.1% followed by 35.4%. The degree of oversaturation of tonsil grade III, IV accounts for the majority. The age group 6-15 had the shortest surgery time, the age group 35-55 had the majority of surgery time over 30 minutes. The average blood loss during surgery was 12.5 ml, of which the most average blood loss was from 5-10 ml, accounting for 70.8%. The highest average pain score on the first day after surgery was 4.2 points. The average length of hospital stay was 4.12 days, and the average time to work and back to school was 6.7 days. The most common postoperative complication was damage to surrounding tissues, accounting for 18.5%, bleeding was common with a low rate of 3.1%. Evaluation of operative mortality 96.9% good progress. Conclusions through the study show that CO2 laser tonsillectomy is a safe method.

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