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Abstract The purpose of the present study was to compare between conventional versus bipolar tonsillectomy techniques for postoperative pain and bleeding evaluations. This was a prospective cohort study which was conducted on patients with tonsillectomy in the Otolaryngology clinic in Sedi Ghazi central hospital (Kafr-Elshiekh, Egypt) from December 2018 to last of January 2020. The patients were eligible in this study after interviews and laboratory tests. Written informed patient consent was obtained from each subject before the study. Eighty-six patients were enrolled in this study. Forty-three patients with conventional tonsillectomy and remaining Forty-three patients with bipolar tonsillectomy). In the present study, there were no significant differences between both groups regarding alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), hemoglobin (Hb), white blood cells (WBCs), bleeding time and clotting time, systolic blood pressure (BP), diastolic BP and pulse oximeter. In the current study, the operative time decreased significantly in group I when compared with group II and also the blood loss decreased significantly in group I when compared with group II. The return to normal diet decreased significantly in group I when compared with group II and also the return to normal work decreased significantly in group I when compared with group II. Also group I had less severe post-operative pain forms than group II. |