低温等离子辅助与电刀单极电凝扁桃体切除术的应用体会

目的通过与单极电凝扁桃体切除术的比较,探讨低温等离子技术在扁桃体切除术中的应用价值及优点。方法将2013年1月~2015年12月在我科住院行扁桃体切除术74例患者分成低温等离子切除术A组、电刀单极电凝术B组,记录扁桃体切除的手术时间、术中出血量及术后疼痛评分。结果所有患者术中经过顺利,术中无腺体残留,低温等离子组手术时间短、术中出血少、术后疼痛较轻,与电刀单极电凝术组比较差异均有统计学意义(P值均0.05)。结论与电刀相比,低温等离子辅助下扁桃体切除术具有术中操作方便、手术时间及术中出血少、术后疼痛轻、微创安全等特点,值得临床推广。     

超声刀扁桃体切除术与低温等离子扁桃体切除术的对比研究

目的 探讨超声刀扁桃体切除术与低温等离子扁桃体切除术的优缺点、安全性及可行性。 方法 计算机检索中国知网(CNKI)、中国生物医学文献数据库(CBM)、万方数据库和Pubmed等数据库中国内外关于超声刀扁桃体切除术与低温等离子扁桃体切除术的随机对照试验。运用RevMan 5.3软件对两种手术方式在术中、术后指标进行Meta分析。 结果 共纳入8个随机对照试验,共722例患者。超声刀扁桃体切除术与低温等离子扁桃体切除术相比,术后出血率明显降低［SMD=0.30,95%CI(0.15, 0.600.11, 0.79), P=0.010 007］,而在手术时间、术中出血量、术后白膜开始脱落时间及术后疼痛评分等方面,超声刀组与等离子组差异无统计学意义。 结论 超声刀扁桃体切除可明显降低患者术后原发或继发出血的概率,改善患者术后的生活质量。     

单极电刀扁桃体切除术的临床应用

近年来，随着科学技术的发展，激光、低温等离子射频、超声刀等方法被应用于扁桃体切除术，在控制术中出血，缩短手术时间方面显示出一定的优势，但也各有其优缺点，而单极电刀行扁桃体切除术在临床上报道并不多。为了进一步探讨单极电刀行扁桃体切除术的临床应用价值，我科自2008年3月～2009年1月对66例行扁桃体切除术患者随机进行了传统剥离法和单极电刀法行扁桃体切除术，并就两种手术方法术中出血量、手术时间、术后伪膜生长、术区疼痛反应等进行了对照观察，现报道如下。     

运用单极电刀与传统方法实施扁桃体切除术治疗睡眠呼吸暂停综合征疗效比较

目的 比较分析单极电刀扁桃体切除术与传统扁桃体剥离术的疗效,区别优缺点。方法 由于扁桃体肥大引起阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征(OSAHS)或慢性扁桃体炎而需要切除双侧扁桃体的患儿80例,实施双侧扁桃体切除治疗。其中行单极电刀扁桃体切除术40例（A组）,行传统扁桃体切除术40例（B组）。分析两个组在手术时间、术中出血量、术后疼痛程度方面的差异。结果 两组在手术时间、术中出血量方面差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）;疼痛程度差异无统计学意义。两组患儿术后均未发生出血。结论 单极电刀切除儿童扁桃体安全,术中出血量少,手术效率提高。     

全麻下单极电刀切除扁桃体90例疗效观察

目的 探讨全麻下运用单极电刀实施扁桃体切除术的临床疗效。方法 将行扁桃体切除术的患者180例随机平均分为两组,术前全身麻醉,实验组（A组）行单极电刀全程切除双侧扁桃体,对照组（B组）采用传统扁桃体剥离术,对两组的手术时间、出血量、白膜脱离时间及术后疼痛程度等进行比较。结果 A组术中出血量、手术时间较B组明显减少,术后疼痛时间也较B有所降低,但是白膜脱落时间稍长。结论 全麻下单极电刀扁桃体切除术有操作简便、视野清楚、手术时间短、术中出血极少等优势。     

低温等离子刀扁桃体切除术与传统扁桃体剥离术疗效的比较

目的:比较分析低温等离子刀扁桃体切除术与传统扁桃体剥离术的疗效。方法:将64例慢性扁桃体炎患者随机分为传统扁桃体剥离术(传统手术组)和低温等离子刀扁桃体切除术(等离子手术组)2组。传统手术组39例采用传统扁桃体剥离术治疗,等离子手术组25例采用低温等离子刀扁桃体切除术治疗。分析2组手术方式在手术时间、术中出血量、术后疼痛时间、术后出血发生概率上有无差异。结果:传统手术组与等离子手术组在手术时间、术中出血量、术后疼痛时间上差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);2组术后出血发生概率差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论:低温等离子刀扁桃体切除术较传统扁桃体剥离术手术时间短,术中出血少,术后疼痛轻,恢复快,安全性高。     

等离子扁桃体切除术与常规剥离法扁桃体切除术之比较

目的:比较等离子扁桃体切除术与常规剥离法扁桃体切除术对患者术中、术后的影响。方法:随机将56例患者分为等离子组和对照组,等离子组用低温等离子射频消融系统连接EVac70刀头,能量设置为6,切除扁桃体;对照组则采用常规剥离法扁桃体切除术,手术均由同一术者完成。记录两侧扁桃体切除所需时间和出血量;术后第1天至第10天患者每日记录咽部疼痛情况,恢复正常活动时间和正常饮食时间;术后第10天,医师观察并记录扁桃体窝内的白膜状况。结果:等离子组手术时间比对照组短,术中总出血量<10ml,而对照组平均出血量为(119±43)ml;等离子组患者术后疼痛轻于对照组,且比对照组更早恢复正常饮食;2组患者恢复正常活动时间的差异无统计学意义;等离子组较对照组白膜脱落慢。等离子组有1例患者于术后第7天口咽部有活动性出血,需缝扎止血。结论:等离子扁桃体切除术与剥离法相比,患者术后疼痛明显减轻,出血量极少,手术方法容易掌握,但扁桃体窝愈合的时间较长。     

三种不同扁桃体切除术疗效比较

目的 探讨比较冷器械切除+缝合术、单极电凝切除术、等离子射频术三种不同手术方法切除扁桃体的疗效。 方法 将扁桃体切除术患者分为三组,冷器械切除+缝合术(A组)65例;单极电凝切除术(B组)40例;等离子射频切除术(C组)38例。记录扁桃体切除手术总时间、术中出血量、疼痛评分,术后复查时观察扁桃体白膜状况。 结果 A、B、C三组的平均手术时间分别为58.8 min、27.0 min、23.7 min;术中平均出血量分别为34.2 mL、16.1 mL、12.5 mL;术后3 h和术后第1天的疼痛评分之间,差异均有统计学意义。 结论 与冷器械切除+缝合术和单极电凝切除术相比,等离子射频术切除扁桃体费用较高,但其手术时间短,术中出血量少,术后疼痛程度小。     

成年人扁桃体切除术三种手术方式的临床比较

目的 比较分析成年人3种扁桃体切除术的临床应用价值。 方法 将90例行扁桃体切除术的患者分为等离子扁桃体切除术组(等离子组)、电刀扁桃体切除术组(电刀组)、常规扁桃体剥离术组(剥离组),各30例,记录各组手术时间、术中及术后出血量、术后咽痛程度、住院医疗费用等。 结果 3组手术时间、术中出血量、术后1~4 d咽痛视觉模拟量表(VAS)评分比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.001),其中等离子组和电刀组手术时间、术中出血量及VAS评分明显少于剥离组(P<0.001),而等离子组与电刀组之间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。剥离组术后见原发性出血1例,等离子组及电刀组未见术后出血发生。3组护理及检疗费、术后用药费比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);电刀组及剥离组住院总费用明显低于等离子组(P<0.001),而电刀组与剥离组比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。 结论 成年人扁桃体切除术各有优势及不足,临床应根据疾病特点、患者意愿和经济能力、手术者技术水平以及医疗器械等因素选择最恰当的,从而达到最佳治疗效果。     

儿童扁桃体、腺样体低温等离子切除术后出血的临床研究

目的 探讨应用低温等离子手术或者传统手术方式行儿童扁桃体、腺样体切除术在术后出血方面存在的差异。方法 回顾性分析1597例接受手术治疗的儿童慢性扁桃体炎、腺样体肥大的患者资料,行等离子射频辅助的扁桃体和(或)腺样体切除术者793例(等离子组),行传统扁桃体切除和(或)腺样体者804例(传统组)。比较两组原发性及继发性出血的发生率、出血程度和出血部位的差异。结果 等离子组发生术后出血25例(3.2％),传统组出血19例(2.4％),两组间差异无统计学意义(χ2=3．34,P>0．05);其中等离子组原发性出血9例(1.1％),继发性出血16例(2.0％);传统组原发性出血11例(1.4％),继发性出血8例(1．0％),两者比较差异有统计学意义(χ2=9．45,P<0．01)。两组术后的出血部位经卡方检验,出血程度经Wilcoxon秩和检验,P值均>0．05,差异均无统计学意义。结论 低温等离子辅助行儿童扁桃体、腺样体切除术,在术后出血的发生率、程度、部位三个方面相对于传统的手术方法治疗,二者差异无统计学意义。     

Coblation versus unipolar electrocautery tonsillectomy: a prospective, randomized, single-blind study in adult patients

OBJECTIVES: To determine if the coblation tonsillectomy (subcapsular dissection) results in less postoperative pain, equivalent intraoperative blood loss, equivalent postoperative hemorrhage rates, and faster healing compared with tonsillectomy was performed using unipolar electrocautery in adult patients. STUDY DESIGN: The authors conducted a prospective clinical trial. METHODS: Forty-eight patients underwent tonsillectomy and were randomly assigned to have one tonsil removed with coblation and the other with unipolar electrocautery. Outcome measures included time to remove each tonsil, intraoperative blood loss, patient-reported pain, postoperative hemorrhage, and amount of healing 2 weeks after surgery. RESULTS: Mean time to remove a single tonsil with coblation and electrocautery was 8.22 minutes and 6.33 minutes, respectively (P = .011). Mean intraoperative blood loss for each technique was less than 10 mL. Postoperative pain was significantly less with coblation as compared with electrocautery: 18.6% less painful during the first week of recovery. Seventy percent of blinded patients identified the coblation side as less painful during the overall 14-day convalescent period. Postoperative hemorrhage rates (2.1% for coblation and 6.2% for electrocautery) were not significantly different. No difference in tonsillar fossa healing was observed between the two techniques 2 weeks after surgery. During nine of the 48 surgeries, wires on the tip of the coblation handpiece experienced thinning to the point of discontinuity while removing a single tonsil. CONCLUSIONS: Coblation subcapsular tonsillectomy was less painful than electrocautery tonsillectomy in this 48-patient group. On average, intraoperative blood loss was less than 10 mL for both techniques. Postoperative hemorrhage rates and the degree of tonsillar fossa healing were similar between the two techniques. The coblation handpiece experienced degradation of vital wires in 18% of cases necessitating the use of a second, new handpiece.     

Coblation vs. Electrocautery Tonsillectomy: A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Clinical Outcomes in Adolescents and Adults

Objectives

Coblation is operated in low temperature, so it is proposed that tonsillectomy with coblation involves less postoperative pain and allows accelerated healing of the tonsillar fossae compared with other methods involving heat driven processes. However, the results of the previous studies showed that the effect of coblation tonsillectomy has been equivocal in terms of postoperative pain and hemorrhage. Though, most of the previous studies which evaluated coblation tonsillectomy were performed in children. Recently, electrocautery tonsillectomy has been used most widely because of the reduced intraoperative blood loss and shorter operative time compared to other techniques. This prospective study compared intraoperative records and postoperative clinical outcomes in adolescents and adults following coblation and electrocautery tonsillectomies.

Methods

Eighty patients over 16 years of age with histories of recurrent tonsillitis were enrolled. The patients were randomly allocated into coblation (n=40) and electrocautery tonsillectomy groups (n=40). All operations were performed by one surgeon who was skilled in both surgical techniques. Intraoperative parameters and postoperative outcomes were checked.

Results

Postoperative pain and otalgia were not significantly different between the two groups; however, there was a tendency towards reduced pain and otalgia in the coblation group. More cotton balls for swabbing the operative field were used introoperatively in the electrocautery group (P=0.00). There was no significant difference in postoperative hemorrhage, wound healing, commencement of a regular diet, and foreign body sensation between the groups.

Conclusion

Only cotton use, which represented the amount of blood loss, was less in the coblation tonsillectomy group. Coblation tonsillectomy warrants further study with respect to the decreased postoperative pain and otalgia.     

Post‐operative pain following coblation or monopolar electrocautery tonsillectomy in children: a prospective,single‐blinded,randomised comparison

Clin. Otolaryngol. 2011, 36 , 468–474 Objective: To compare post‐operative pain following tonsillectomy by either coblation or monopolar electrocautery in children. Design: A parallel‐designed, prospective, single‐blinded, randomised trial. Setting: Ambulatory surgical facility. Study participants: Eighty otherwise healthy paediatric patients undergoing coblation or electrocautery tonsillectomy by a fellowship‐trained paediatric otolaryngologist. Main outcome measures: (i) The number of post‐operative days with severe pain based on subjective qualification by the caretaker, (ii) post‐operative days with pain rated ≥5 on a scale of 1–10, (iii) post‐operative days requiring oral paracetamol/acetaminophen with codeine solution and (iv) post‐operative days until resumption of a regular diet were assessed and recorded daily using a post‐operative pain survey as a form of daily diary that was returned at the 2‐week follow‐up visit. Results: Patients were consecutively enrolled into two groups of 40 patients. Average ages were 5.2 years for coblation tonsillectomy and 6.0 years for electrocautery tonsillectomy. The average number of post‐operative days with severe pain was 4.2 for coblation and 5.9 for electrocautery (P = 0.006), days rating pain ≥5 were 3.6 for coblation and 4.8 for electrocautery (P = 0.037), days of codeine use were 2.5 for coblation and 2.9 for electrocautery (P = 0.324), and days until resumption of a regular diet were 5.2 for coblation and 6.2 for electrocautery (0.329). Conclusions: Coblation tonsillectomy may reduce post‐operative pain and the time until resumption of a regular diet compared to electrocautery tonsillectomy.     

低温等离子射频消融术切除扁桃体的安全性及可行性Meta分析

目的　评价低温等离子射频消融术切除扁桃体的安全性及可行性。方法　计算机检索Medline数据库、Pubmed、中国生物医学数据库（CBM）、CNKI及万方数据库国内外关于低温等离子射频消融术与传统扁桃体剥除术的随机对照试验及临床对照试验。运用RevMan 5.1软件对两种手术方式在术中、术后指标进行Meta分析。结果　共纳入20个随机对照试验和5个临床对照试验,共4162例患者。低温等离子射频消融术与传统扁桃体剥除术相比,显著缩短了手术时间[MD=-16.04,95%CI（-20.24,-11.84）,P <0.00001],减少了术中出血量[MD=-50.07,95%CI（-66.03,-34.11）,P <0.00001],缩短了住院时间[MD=-3.18,95%CI（-5.72,-0.63）,P =0.01],加快了恢复进食时间[MD=-1.98,95%CI（-3.11,-0.85）,P =0.0006],减轻了患者疼痛程度（术后6、24、48、72 h）（VAS评 分）（P <0.05）,减少了术后并发症发生率[MD=0.65,95%CI（0.46,0.93）,P =0.02],同时延长了白膜脱落时间[MD=1.84,95%CI（0.24,3.44）,P =0.02],而平均疼痛时间无显著差别。结论　现有的研究表明,低温等离子射频消融术切除扁桃体在应用价值上具有创伤小、恢复快,更加安全和有效,但是由于数量少,期待更多高质量的试验提供高质量的证据。     

Argon plasma coagulation versus cold dissection tonsillectomy in adults: a clinical prospective randomized study

PURPOSE: Argon plasma coagulation (APC) is a new surgical procedure based on a conductive plasma of ionized argon between an activating electrode and a tissue surface. It is a good alternative for tonsillectomy because of its effective hemostasis and limited penetration depth of the coagulation beam. The aim of this prospective, randomized trial was to evaluate operative time, intraoperative bleeding, and postoperative morbidity of the "hot" APC tonsillectomy as with regard to with a traditional "cold" dissection tonsillectomy in adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred twenty six adult patients (age, >18 years) were randomized into 2 groups: TA (tonsillectomy with APC, n = 113) and TB (conventional tonsillectomy, n = 113). The outcome measures were (1) operative time; (2) intraoperative blood loss; (3) postoperative pain (evaluated using a Visual Analogue Scale with a range score 0-10 on postoperative days 1, 3, 5, 8, and 15); and (4) postoperative primary and secondary hemorrhage. Statistical analysis was carried out using the Student t test. RESULTS: In the TA group, the mean duration of operative time and the intraoperative blood loss were significantly reduced (P < .001). There was no statistically significant difference between 2 groups in the intensity of postoperative pain and the incidence of postoperative hemorrhage (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS: Tonsillectomy with APC is a safe technique and offers an innovative procedure as with regard to the conventional cold dissection. It significantly reduces the operative time and the intraoperative blood loss without increasing the postoperative morbidity.     

The ultrasonically activated scalpel versus bipolar diathermy for tonsillectomy: a prospective, randomized trial

Among patients undergoing tonsillectomy, the ultrasonic scalpel has been reported to lead to less intraoperative blood loss than cold dissection, and less postoperative pain and faster recovery than monopolar electrocautery. However, the ultrasonic scalpel has not been compared with bipolar diathermy. The present study was a prospective, randomized, single-blind trial, comparing these two techniques with respect to postoperative pain. Twenty-one adults underwent tonsillectomy on one side using the ultrasonic scalpel, and on the other using bipolar diathermy. Pain scores were obtained on postoperative days 1, 2, 7 and week 3. There was no difference between the two treatments at any of the time points (P = 0.6047, 0.4018, 0.6047 and 0.5000, respectively). Inability to control bleeding with the ultrasonic scalpel resulted in the rescue use of an alternative technique of haemostasis in 14 cases. We conclude that the use of the ultrasonic scalpel in adult tonsillectomy is likely to be limited by its substantial costs and difficulties with haemostasis.     

Postoperative recovery after microdebrider intracapsular or monopolar electrocautery tonsillectomy: a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively assess the postoperative recovery in patients randomly selected to receive either microdebrider intracapsular tonsillectomy (MT) or monopolar electrocautery tonsillectomy (ET). DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, single-blinded study. SETTING: Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS: A total of 74 patients between the ages of 3 and 7 years undergoing adenotonsillectomy for obstruction were randomly assigned to the MT and ET groups. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Families were blinded to the technique used and given a checklist to fill out daily quantifying pain, activity, diet, and the number of doses of pain medication given over a 10-day period. Other variables assessed included the time of surgery and intraoperative blood loss. RESULTS: The average time of surgery was 16.9 minutes for ET compared with 20.9 minutes for MT (P<.001). The average blood loss was 30 mL for ET compared with 45 mL for MT (P = .01). Resumption of near-normal dietary intake was achieved 1.7 days earlier in patients receiving MT compared with ET (P = .04). There was no significant difference in the number of days taken for the resolution of pain or resumption of normal activity between the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS: Microdebrider tonsillectomy takes over 4 minutes longer to perform compared with ET and has slightly higher intraoperative blood loss. There appears to be a slight advantage in the resumption of normal dietary intake with MT but no significant difference in the number of days taken for the resolution of pain or resumption of normal activity.