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Vol. 67. Issue 1.
Pages 23-32 (January - February 2016)
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Vol. 67. Issue 1.
Pages 23-32 (January - February 2016)
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Factors Related to Post-tonsillectomy Pain in Adults
Factores relacionados al dolor postamigdalectomía en adultos
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Francisco Javier García Callejoa,
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, Inés Rincón Piedrahitaa, Rafael Monzó Gandíab, Oscar Sánchez Valenzuelaa, M. Paz Martínez Beneytoa, Marta Marzo Sanza
a Servicio de ORL, Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidad Literaria, Valencia, Spain
b Servicio de ORL, Hospital General de Requena, Valencia, Spain
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Table 1. Items Considered in the Postoperative Quality of Recovery (QoR-40) Test.
Table 2. Variables Related to the Anatomical and Technical Characteristics of the Intervention.
Table 3. Variables Related to Postoperative (p.o.) Pain.
Table 4. R Coefficients for the Lineal Regression Line Equations and Tendencies of the Correlations Between Quantitative Variables Related to Surgical Factors (Columns) and a State Associated With Postoperative Pain (Rows).
Table 5. Variations in the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Pain Test and in the 40-item Postoperative Quality of Recovery (QoR) Score at 24h, 7 Days and 14 Days, Weight Loss (↓W) at 7 and 14 Days, Commencement of Oral Tolerance (COM TOL), Need for Analgesic (AMOUNT ANALG) (Grams of Paracetamol) or Corticoids (mg of Prednisone) and Hospital Stay, in Relation to Population Staging by ASA Level, Mallampati Classification, Tonsil Size (TS), Effect of Palatoglossal Muscle (PG), Palatopharyngeal Fold (PPF) and Palatoglossal Fold (PGF).
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Abstract
Objective

Assessment of factors related to pharyngeal anatomy and surgical technique as possible causes of post-tonsillectomy pain.

Materials and methods

This was a prospective observational study that included 42 patients undergoing tonsillectomy with cold and monopolar electric device dissection. We recorded duration of the entire operation, duration of electrocautery use, tonsil size and postoperative pain and discomfort assessed using a visual analogue scale (VS) and a 40-item questionnaire (QoR-40, Quality of Recovery), along with sequelae on returning to normal diet, weight loss and hospital stay. Correlations among quantitative variables were obtained by mean of lineal regression coefficients.

Results

Duration of surgery was 22.66±7.07min, removing tonsils with a volume of 6046.07±3866.20mm3 and an electrocautery use time of 66.14±37.77s, applying 1984.24±1133.32 joules per patient. The most frequently observed Mallampati classification and tonsil size scores were stages II and III. The VS score increased and QoR-40 decreased at 24h and 7 days, but differences were statistically non-significant. Joule amount used for electrocautery was the parameter that correlated the best with discomfort status as measured via assessment scores, analgesic and corticosteroid requirements, weight loss and hospital stay. Pain was higher in subjects submitted to peritonsillar surgical aggression.

Conclusions

Improved use of electrodissection techniques, limiting and focusing the application of its energy, and preservation of peritonsillar mucosa are factors that may lower post-tonsillectomy pain levels.

Keywords:
Tonsillectomy
Electrodissection
Postoperative pain
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Objetivo

Valoración de factores relativos a la anatomía faríngea y a la técnica quirúrgica como posible causa de dolor postamigdalectomía.

Material y métodos

Estudio longitudinal prospectivo sobre 42 pacientes amigdalectomizados mediante disección con bisturí frío y monopolar, cuantificando los tiempos quirúrgicos y de empleo de electrobisturí, tamaño amigdalar, el dolor postoperatorio mediante escala analógica visual (EAV) y test de 40 ítems (QoR-40) y sus secuelas en la tolerancia oral, pérdida de peso y la estancia hospitalaria. Las correlaciones entre variables cuantitativas se establecieron mediante coeficientes de regresión lineal.

Resultados

La amigdalectomía duró 22,66±7,07 minutos, retirando amígdalas con un volumen medio de 6.046,07±3.866,20mm3 y empleando electrocauterio 66,14±37,77 segundos para aplicar 1.984,24±1.133,32 julios por paciente. El Mallampatti más frecuente se estadió en los estadios 2 y 3, y el tamaño amigdalar fue mayoritariamente entre 2-3. La EAV se elevó y el índice QoR-40 descendió a las 24 horas y a los 7 días de forma estadísticamente no significativa. La cantidad de julios administrados fue la variable que mejor se correlacionó con el malestar medido en las escalas, los requerimientos de analgesia y corticoides, la pérdida de peso y la estancia hospitalaria. El dolor fue más acusado entre sujetos en los que existió manipulación quirúrgica de tejido periamigdalino.

Conclusiones

La mejoría en el empleo de las técnicas de electrodisección con aplicaciones más limitadas y focalizadas de energía y la preservación de la mucosa periamigdalar son factores que podrían aliviar el nivel de dolor postamigdalectomía.

Palabras clave:
Amigdalectomía
Electrodisección
Dolor postoperatorio

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