September 17, 2007 — Compared with traditional electrodissection tonsillectomy, intracapsular tonsillectomy (IT) had a lower incidence of postoperative hemorrhage and pain leading to hospital-based ...

Within hours of having her tonsils out last February, Zelda Williams was home eating noodles by the bowlful. The then 3-year-old had a new kind of tonsil surgery, called intracapsular tonsillectomy, ...

Patients who have a tonsillectomy using an "intracapsular" technique -- which removes at least 90 percent of tonsil tissue, but spares the tonsil capsule -- appear to have less postoperative heavy ...

An intracapsular technique of tonsillectomy seems to offer less postoperative heavy bleeding and pain for patients, compared to traditional tonsil removal surgery, says a report in Archives of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have their tonsils removed using an "intracapsular" technique -- which removes at least 90 percent of tonsil tissue, but spares the tonsil capsule -- seem to ...

June 1, 2010 — Tonsillectomy techniques differ in complication rates, according to the results of a case-control study and chart review reported in the June 2010 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck ...

According to a report published in the September issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, a JAMA/Archives journal, “intracapsular” technique, a tonsillectomy procedure, seems to induce ...

Powered intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy was an effective treatment for pediatric patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea and adenotonsillar hypertrophy, according to recent research ...

Researchers observed similar short-term follow-up outcomes for extracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy and intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in pediatric patients with obstructive ...

The research – a systematic literature review with meta-analysis – evaluated 17 clinical studies on 6,501 paediatric and adult patients who received either CIT or total tonsillectomy for recurrent ...

Patients who have a tonsillectomy using an “intracapsular” technique—which removes at least 90 percent of tonsil tissue, but spares the tonsil capsule—appear to have less postoperative heavy bleeding ...