Health-related quality of life after tonsillotomy versus tonsillectomy in young adults: 6 years postsurgery follow-up

Abstract

Introduction:The indication for tonsil surgery is tonsillitis or obstructive symptoms due to tonsillar

Post-operative morbidity and 1-year outcomes in CO2-laser tonsillotomy versus dissection tonsillectomy

“…However, the study of Ericsson and Hultcrantz [6] supports our findings. Good short-and long-term patient satisfaction after TO procedures is already demonstrated by Krespi et al [13,14] and Wireklint and Ericsson [15], and these findings are consistent with this study's findings regarding patients prompt resumption of daily activities and self-reported overall high satisfaction. It is surprising though that, after 1-year follow-up, patients were equally satisfied.…”

Tonsillotomy versus tonsillectomy in adults suffering from tonsil-related afflictions: a systematic review

“…Follow-up was 1 day in the study by Arya et al [10], 14 d in the study by Hall et al [11], 6 months in the study by Bender et al [13], 1 year in the study by Lourijssen et al [4] and 12 to 24 months in the study by Nemati et al [14] and 32 months in the study by Johnston et al [12]. In the consecutive papers on the Swedish cohort, follow-up was 3 weeks, 1 and 6 years [7][8][9].…”

“…The papers by Ericsson and Hultcrantz [7], Ericsson and Ledin [8] and Wireklint and Ericsson [9] reported on the same cohort of patients in Link€ oping, Sweden, using a consecutively longer follow-up period. From here on, we will refer to this cohort as 'the Swedish cohort'.…”

“…Primary indications for surgery were tonsillitis in five studies [4,10,[12][13][14], obstructive symptoms with or without tonsillitis in five studies [4,[7][8][9]12], obstructive symptoms or recurrent tonsillitis in two studies [4,11], and halithosis, tonsilloliths and dysphagia in one study [4].…”

“…The surgical methods used for tonsillotomy were RFITT [7][8][9]11,14], coblation tonsillotomy [10,11], CO 2 -laser tonsillotomy [4], power-assisted tonsillotomy [12] and scissorassisted dissection of the tonsil part medial to the palatine arches followed by the removal of remnants with a microdebrider [13] ( Table 1). The surgical method for tonsillectomy was standard cold knife dissection in all studies except for the study by Arya et al [10], in which coblation was used for both tonsillotomy and tonsillectomy, and for the studies by Johnston et al and Hall et al, which used electrosurgery [11,12].…”