POWER ASSISTED TRANSORAL ENDOSCOPIC VS CONVENTIONAL ADENOIDECTOMY- A COMPARISON

Authors

  • DR.S.SUNDARA PANDIAN Assistant Professor Department of ENT & HNS, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Bharath University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, INDIA
  • DR. SHOBA T. Reader cum HOD Department of Pathology Sree Balaji Dental College Hospital Chennai

Keywords:

Power –Assisted Transoral Endoscopic Adenoidectomy, Conventional adenoidectomy, microdebrider Adenoidectomy.

Abstract

To evaluate and compare the efficiency of Power Assisted Transoral Endoscopic (PATE) with the Conventional Adenoidectomy (CA).      A prospective study involving 50 patients in which 25 underwent PATE and 25 underwent CA.The residual adenoid tissue at 3 months and 6 months after surgery were compared.Residual adenoid was less in PATE than CA, operating time was more in PATE than CA.There was no difference in operative blood loss and complications between the two methods.PATE is  a safe and efficient way to do an adenoidectomy.

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2014-09-30

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DR.S.SUNDARA PANDIAN, & DR. SHOBA T. (2014). POWER ASSISTED TRANSORAL ENDOSCOPIC VS CONVENTIONAL ADENOIDECTOMY- A COMPARISON. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 5(4), 583–589. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.in/index.php/journal/article/view/3383

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Volume 5, Issue 3, 2014

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Research Articles

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