Advantages of tonsillectomy with coblator

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The article was professionally consulted with Specialist Doctor II Nguyen Van Thai - Ear, Nose Throat Doctor - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Danang International General Hospital.
Tonsillitis is a common disease in adults and children. Tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgeries in the Department of Otolaryngology. Currently, the method of tonsillectomy with Coblator (coblation tonsillectomy) is a method to minimize damage as well as the risk of complications caused to patients.

1. Learn about tonsil disease

The tonsils are a lymphoid organization with a multi-cavity structure located on both sides of the pharynx. This is an organization to protect the body that is responsible for capturing and destroying germs and viruses to prevent them from entering the body. Due to its location at the gateway of the digestive and respiratory tracts, the tonsils are often susceptible to infection. When the tonsils are infected, symptoms such as:
Sore throat
Feeling stuck or difficult to swallow
● Fever, headache, fatigue, lethargy in the whole body
● Bad breath, sometimes when spitting up peas
Pain under the chin due to lymphadenitis
Abscess tonsils and high fever, open mouth limit eating and drinking

If the condition of tonsillitis recurs many times, it will become chronic, so that the tonsils no longer have a protective function, but also can cause some complications such as Abscess around the tonsils, rheumatic fever, rheumatism, glomerulonephritis, cessation of the tonsillitis. breathing while sleeping, sinusitis, chronic otitis media... Then, the doctor will prescribe the patient to remove the tonsils.

2. What is the method of tonsillectomy with Coblator?

Tonsillectomy with the Coblator machine is considered the most superior method today because of the least damage to the surrounding tissue. Its advantage is fast cutting (5-7 minutes), electrocautery at 67 degrees Celsius will not cause burns. Patients can be discharged from the hospital in just 4 hours.
With high-frequency radio waves and multi-function transducers, this device will help perform the procedure quickly and minimize damage as well as complications for the patient. In the device above, the probe will both help cut the tonsils with heat, water and aspirate fluid and debris, and burn the bleeding points.
High frequency radio waves emit low local temperature so it will not cause burns to surrounding organs. At the same time, high-frequency radio waves also help to stop bleeding in surgery very well because high-frequency radio currents clog blood vessels.
Therefore, this method also causes less pain and bleeding, avoids edema, the postoperative wound heals quickly, the patient can go home the same day and do normal activities, can talk, eat right away.
The entire time to perform a tonsillectomy by Coblator method only takes 15-30 minutes.

3. Advantages of tonsillectomy with Coblator

Coblator
Less pain after surgery
Quick surgery time only about 15 -30 minutes
Reduce bleeding rate when tonsillectomy
Quick recovery time after surgery
Can talk and eat immediately after surgery.

Currently, Vinmec Da Nang has been applied the method of cutting tonsils with Coblator with extremely outstanding advantages:
● Coblator machine belongs to the latest generation today.
● Modern operating room system, conveniently synchronized.
● Performed by Experts, Surgeons with many years of experience.
The surgery is almost painless and has very little bleeding, the implementation time is very fast, ensuring the removal of all inflammatory tissue and preserving the healthy tissue, can eat and drink immediately after surgery, the hospital stay is fast. only 1 day after surgery.
BSCK II Nguyen Van Thai was formerly a Doctor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the Department of Otolaryngology - Hue Central Hospital with more than 17 years of treatment experience, especially in the field of Head and Neck Surgery. Currently, he is an Otolaryngologist at the Inter-Specialist Clinic of the Department of Medical Examination and Internal Medicine, Vinmec Da Nang International General Hospital.
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