Powered intracapsular tonsillectomy in the management of recurrent tonsillitis.
OBJECTIVE
To compare intracapsular tonsillectomy (IT) and traditional tonsillectomy (TT) in treating recurrent adenotonsillitis or streptococcal pharyngitis.


METHODS
Retrospective chart review.


METHODS
Tertiary care pediatric referral center.


RESULTS
Of 166 patients who met all inclusion criteria, 117 received TT and 49 received IT. Seventeen TT patients and 8 IT patients were treated at least once postoperatively for streptococcal pharyngitis or tonsillitis. The mean number of infections after surgery in each group did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.295).


CONCLUSIONS
There was no difference between the IT and TT groups in postoperative infection rates.
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA. rschmidt@nemours.org
Richard
R
Schmidt
Amanda
A
Herzog
Steven
S
Cook
Robert
R
O'Reilly
Ellen
E
Deutsch
James
J
Reilly
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome