Tonsillectomy

Unfortunately, there may be a time when medical therapy (antibiotics) fails to resolve the chronic tonsillar infections that affect your child. In other cases, your child may have enlarged tonsils, causing loud snoring, upper airway obstruction, and other sleep disorders. The best recourse for both these conditions may be removal or reduction of the tonsils and adenoids.

THE ULTRASONIC SCALPEL - Towards bloodless and painless Tonsillectomy

What is Ultrasonic scalpel?

This medical device uses ultrasonic energy to vibrate its blade at 55,000 cycles per second. Invisible to the naked eye, the vibration transfers energy to the tissue, providing simultaneous cutting and coagulation. The temperature of the surrounding tissue reaches 80 degrees Celsius. Proponents of this procedure assert that the end result is precise cutting with minimal thermal damage.

The KKR ENT Hospital and Research Institute [P] Ltd. Is the first Hospital in South India to procure the Ultrasonic Scalpel for use in Tonsils surgery. This machine is the latest development in surgery of Tonsils. This Ultrasonic machine generates mechanical energy to help in the dissection of the tonsils.

Its “coaptive” coagulation helps in minimissing blood loss during surgery. There is minimal heat transmitted into the sorrounding tissues unlike the LASER and this reduces the post operative pain enabling the patient to resume normal activities much earlier. Intea operative time is reduced. This lessens the risks of anaesthesia and also reduces the hospital stay