Which tonsil surgery hurts less? new study compares three techniques
NCT ID NCT06937762
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compared three different tonsil surgery methods in 72 people with chronic tonsillitis. The goal was to see which technique causes less pain, bleeding, and faster healing. Researchers measured outcomes like surgery time, blood loss, and recovery to find the best approach.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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72 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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3 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: Recurrent Acute tonsillitis Tonsillitis resulting in febrile convulsions Enlarged tonsils that cause upper airway obstruction, dysphagia, sleep disorders Chronic tonsillitis Chronic or recurrent tonsillitis in a streptococcal carrier not responding to beta-lactamase-resistant antibiotics Exclusion criteria: Patients with known bleeding disorders Acute infections of tonsil Contraindications for general anesthesia Anemia Patients unwilling or unable to give informed consent were excluded from this study patients
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kafrelsheikh University Hospitals
Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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