Thermal Welding Tonsillectomy versus Monopolar Electrocautery Tonsillectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.

Ebraheem Albazee Bader Alshammari Mohammad Alotaibi Kaushalendra Mani Tripathi Abdallah Abuawad

Published in: Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology (2023)

This meta-analysis revealed that postoperative bleeding for tonsillectomy were similar between the ME and TW techniques. However, TW showed lower postoperative pain levels than ME statistically but without achieving significant clinical advantage.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
systematic review
meta analyses
atrial fibrillation
single cell
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
case control