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Does topical lidocaine with adrenaline have an effect on morbidity in pediatric tonsillectomy?

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Does topical lidocaine with adrenaline have an effect on morbidity in pediatric tonsillectomy?

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Author(s): Egeli E, Harputluoglu U, Oghan F, Demiraran Y, Guclu E, Ozturk O Affiliation(s): University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Duzce Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Duzce, Turkey. Publication date & source: 2005-06, Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol., 69(6):811-5. Publication type: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of lidocaine with adrenaline on post-operative morbidity in pediatric patients after tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN: A double blind prospective randomized controlled clinical study. METHODS: The study is consisting of two groups of pediatric patients following tonsillectomy performed in a university hospital. One group received lidocaine with adrenaline soaked swabs packed in their tonsillar fossae while the control group received saline-soaked swabs. Chi-square and two-tailed unpaired Student’s t-tests were used to compare the two independent groups. p<0.05 was accepted as statistically sig