Thermal welding tonsillectomy method

Operations are often experienced in childhood is one of them is a tonsil removal operation, medical language is a Tonsillectomy, which carried out surgical techniques, meaning that operations are conducted by a doctor using a scalpel.

Well now there is good news for children and parents, because now there tonsil removal method without a scalpel.

This method is known as thermal welding tonsillectomy method, this technology has long existed in fact, developed in the United States since 1980.

Thermal welding tonsillectomy method can be equated with a special tool for tonsillectomy, the working principle of this tool is to use heat. Thermal welding tool will generate a finite heat at exactly the desired place and as a result of this heat will crumple tissue proteins.

The result can be used to remove tonsils that had clotted the cut and prevent bleeding at the same time, so of course can replace the scalpel used for tonsil surgery.

Thermal welding tonsillectomy advantages
This technology was developed with the aim to reduce pain after tonsil surgery is conventional, as well as to shorten the time of removal of tonsils, and once to minimize bleeding.

At the Operation of Thermal welding is used to remove Tonsils of the place will stick with this equipment TW bleeding and tissue trauma become very minimal.

Thermal welding tonsillectomy also was able to cut very accurately, so that only the tonsils are cut and the operation time is very short, because the doctors who have trained with these tools can complete TW Tonsil surgery in just 10 minutes.

Thermal welding tonsillectomy in children, a very short period of tonsillitis treatment, when all without constraints, children can go home after surgery. Recovery period is also shorter, and so far very rare post-operative bleeding was reported.

Operating costs tonsils with TW method compared with conventional techniques is not too much different, so that the thermal welding tonsillectomy can be an option for parents Child.

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When should I do tonsillectomy?

Questions frequently asked by patients to find that enlarged tonsils. They even appealed directly to tonsils taken so feel no strangeness in these organs.

Tonsils are organs that normally found on the back of the oral cavity. This organ is a glandular tissue is one of its functions is to protect the body from serious infection of the upper respiratory area. Because of its function as protector is what makes the infections often follow inflamed tonsils. Inflammation of the tonsils is known as tonsillitis symptoms.

Surgical removal of the tonsils themselves termed Tonsillectomy. This operation can be performed with local or general anesthesia. Tonsillectomy is usually performed by ENT specialist.

Did you know that there is any inflammation of the tonsils should be operating? Here is a telltale sign of the tonsils should be removed.

• Inflammation of the tonsils that lasts long and stubborn.
• Tonsillitis that does not improve with antibiotics.
• Both tonsils enlarge and cover the food channel.
• Inflammation of the tonsils is severe and tends to form pus or abscess.
• Inflammation of the tonsils accompanied by infection of the middle ear is stubborn.

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Tonsillectomy before age 20th years old can be at risk of premature heart disease

Some new study conducted by a group of researchers in the United States and Scandinavia showed that tonsillectomy before the age of 20 years can make a person more at risk of premature cardiovascular disorders.

In this study, researchers monitored every Swedish citizen who has made removal of the tonsils. Total tonsillectomy was included for this study estimated about 80,000 procedures.

The results of this study known to the person tonsillectomy before the age of 20 years had a risk of 44 percent more likely to have heart attacks than those who did not perform the operation. Whereas in the appendix removed before age 20 the risk is increased by 33 percent.

This indicates that both the organ has a function for the body. When the organ is removed it can reduce the production of immunoglobulin antibodies in the body that function to find and destroy harmful bacteria and viruses.

The researchers incorporated in this study revealed that harmful bacteria and viruses are believed to play a role in disturbing the heart health.

Meanwhile, those who performed the surgery after the age of 20 years there have been no increased cardiac risk. This suggests that these organs play a major role in the immune system during childhood and adolescence.

Although it is expected not to panic in advance, because the number of heart attacks early in the study is still low. Than 54,000 surgical tonsil removals of the appendix and 27,000 tonsillectomy only 633 related heart attack.

For that you should consult in advance if you have inflammation of the tonsils or appendix, if can be harmful to the body or not. And should keep and maintain the heart in order to stay healthy at any age.

Tonsils are a part of the lymph tissue located on both sides of the back of the throat. This will have an enlarged tonsils or inflammation in case of infection by either bacteria or viruses. But usually the tonsils will be back to normal after the infection is over.

Tonsillitis symptoms can be caused by viral infection (coxsackie virus, adenovirus or Epstein-Barr virus), or it could be by the bacteria that most of Group a Streptococcus.

But by looking at the impact of the loss of the tonsils in the risk of heart indicates that these two organs also have an important function for the body.

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Side effects of tonsillectomy in children

If you intend to bring your children to the hospital for a tonsillectomy, so be prepared to face the tonsillectomy side effects. Some children experience weight gain after surgical removal of tonsils or often called tonsil procedure.

Surgical removal of tonsils is generally done to cope with chronic tonsillitis. Inflammation in this part usually makes the child has symptoms such as trouble swallowing (dysphagia) and pain on swallowing (odynophagia).

These symptoms are of course affect the diet, so to some extent will affect children growth, especially height and weight. If allowed, the children will be more skinny and long to be malnourished.

After the tonsils or inflamed tonsils were removed through surgery called Tonsillectomy, children no longer have difficulty or pain when swallowing food. Therefore, going back to normal eating patterns and may lead to obesity in children.

Obesity experienced by the children after tonsillectomy procedure is quite significant. A study which examines three studies of Tonsillectomy prove that the increase in body weight or body mass index (BMI) after surgery reaching 46-100 percent.

In the first study carried out 127 children with tonsillitis, removal of tonsils or tonsils make child BMI increased between 5.5 to 8.2 percent. In America, this figure is alarming considering the fact 33 percent of children in this country are overweight (overweight) and 17 percent were obese.

Although not revealed a direct relationship, weight gain after tonsillectomy is feared to trigger a dramatic increase in children who suffer from obesity related.

The next study examined 419 children, with weight gain after tonsillectomy procedure is quite variable between 46-100 percent. Subsequent research revealed 249 children with tonsil removal of body weight increased 50-75 percent.

Although less tonsillectomy procedure performed today than 40 years ago, but this is still one of the major surgical operation most commonly performed in children in the U.S.. Physicians and parents should consider this study's findings before deciding whether their child should undergo tonsillectomy procedure, said Jeyakumar, who is also assistant professor of pediatrics.

The analysis, published in the journal Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery was observed nine studies specifically on the tonsils or tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy (removal of the thyroid gland), published between 1970 and 2009. Recorded 795 children involved in the study were aged 18 years or younger and has a weight ranging from normal to obese is not healthy. The research was divided into three sections based on the weight, and the participants were followed for an average of one year.

The first group, with 127 patients, measured body mass index (BMI). On average, the BMI of children in that group increased by about 7 percent after surgery and 3.6 percent more weight than the control group.

The second group, with 419 children, using height and weight charts in the U.S.. Weight gain was recorded in 46 percent to 100 percent of this group, the researchers said.

Various methods were used to assess weight gain in the third group, involving 249 patients. From 50 percent to 75 percent of the children gain weight more than expected based on the growth and development, according to the analysis.

A small number of studies included in this study reflect the inconsistencies in recording medical information, which makes comparisons difficult.

Tonsillectomy procedures performed mostly in children who at times has had an infection, or experience respiratory problems that affect sleep. This condition is sometimes associated with frequent upper respiratory tract infection.

Jeyakumar cautioned that the study did not indicate why the children gain weight or even to prove the reason they're fat because it had undergone tonsillectomy.

The theory of weight gain after tonsillectomy showed that children who are hyperactive before surgery became calmer and more focused after, so they use fewer calories. Children with sleep disorders may burn more calories because they are struggling to breathe. These two conditions often occur in children with chronic tonsillitis.

Another theory states that parents may tend to feed more children to immediately recover from surgery.

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Tonsillectomy may lead to obesity in children

If you intend to bring children to the hospital for a tonsillectomy, so be prepared to face the side effects. Some children experience obesity after surgical tonsils removal or often called tonsillectomy.

Surgical removal of tonsils is generally done to address chronic tonsillitis. Inflammation in this part usually makes the child has symptoms such as trouble swallowing (dysphasia) and pain on swallowing (odynophagia).

These symptoms are of course affect the diet, so to some extent will affect growth, especially height and weight. If allowed, the children will be more skinny and long to be malnourished.

After the tonsils or inflamed tonsils were removed through surgery called tonsillectomy, children no longer have difficulty or pain when swallowing food. Therefore, going back to normal eating patterns and weight will increase.

Weight gain experienced by the children after tonsillectomy is quite significant. A study which examines three studies of tonsillectomy prove that the increase in body weight or body mass index (BMI) after surgery reaching 46-100 percent.

In the first study carried out 127 children with tonsillitis, removal of tonsils make child BMI increased between 5.5 to 8.2 percent. In America, this figure is alarming considering the fact 33 percent of children in this country are overweight and 17 percent were obese.

Although not revealed a direct relationship, weight gain after tonsillectomy is feared to trigger a dramatic increase in children who suffer from obesity-related, said Anita Jeyakumar, MD, who led the study, quoted by WebMD.

The next study examined 419 children, with weight gain after surgery is quite variable between 46-100 percent. Subsequent research revealed 249 children with tonsil removal of body weight increased 50-75 percent.

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Burning sensations around the lips and mouth after tonsillectomy

The use of combustion appliances (cautery) during tonsil surgery or better known as tonsillectomy, postoperative complications that can lead to burning sensation around the lips and mouth.

According to Dr. Albert H. Park of the University Of Utah School Of Medicine, Salt Lake, United States, surgical removal of tonsils with the nearby adenoid glands remains one of the most common surgeries in the United States.

The study was conducted on children and adolescents revealed seven patients who experience a sense of burning mouth from 4327 operations performed at Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC).

Meanwhile, a survey conducted of 298, a total of 101 answered with the full. About 61 respondents reported having a patient who feels a burning sensation around the mouth.

Roughly estimates that about 10 percent of patients experienced severe burning sensation and thus require additional treatment. Predictably, most burning arises when the process of tonsils removal with the equipment used to burn around the area.

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Tonsillectomy can improve the quality of your life

Good news for people with tonsillitis symptoms. Research conducted based on a survey of parents of 92 children showed that the tonsillitis removal will reduce the risk of recurrence of the tonsils.

Participants who have surgery will experience a relapse within a year. Or better than those who did not undergo surgery, the risk of recurring problems in six months.

Overall subjects, average age 10.6 years show? Improvement 'as an indicator of improved quality of life, said Dr. Nira A Goldstein, a researcher from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Everyone has tonsils that serve as a means of body defense. Enlarged tonsillitis and often cause symptoms such as fever, difficulty swallowing, and pain.

To solve this problem do surgery, some studies say, not all of the tonsils should be removed. In children and adults who experience recurrent complaints due to tonsillitis, tonsillectomy should be done to improve the quality of life for sufferers.

Indicators of quality of life is improved demonstrated with breathing easily, eating, swallowing, infection risk, and physician visits are diminishing.

Subjects also showed significant improvement in the quality of healthcare in general in social life and bodily functions. In addition, parents reported a decrease in the number of subjects experiencing sore throats, antibiotic use, and went to the doctor, said Goldstein.

Similarly, subjects encountered in adults. Once surveyed, a total of 72 adults admitted to not having recurring complaints and improved quality of life after tonsillectomy recovery.

The study also revealed that about 98 percent of adults reported little experience of infection after undergoing tonsillectomy, and 77% showed a better outcome from surgery, said researchers from Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Dr. David L. Witsell.

This study noted a few cases having recurrent respiratory problems, sore throat, and visiting the doctor for strep throat. Tonsillectomy is an action that is given to overcome the problem of tonsillectomy in children. While the adults will decrease, but the operation is still recommended.

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