title: How we do it: 'tonsillectomy mat', scored rubber sheet to fix the Draffin's rods.
abstract: Slipping of the Driffin's rod from the operating table is problematic during tonsillectomy. We describe a technique to overcome this problem by using a 'tonsillectomy mat'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley, S75 2EP, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Baskaran
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ranganathan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D058638:Operating Tables; D012408:Rubber; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D012408:Rubber