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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the severity of post-operative pain following the use of the BiZact™ device in adult (≥22 years of age in United States and ≥18 years of age in Europe) tonsillectomy procedures.
It has recently been shown that various HSPs are strongly expressed in B lymphomas. Indeed, HSP90 stabilizes the protein Bcl-6 in diffuse large-cell B lymphomas. Pharmacological inhibition of HSP90 in vitro induced apoptosis in lymphoma cells (Cerchietti et al. Nat. Medicine, 2009, 1369-1376). In addition, HSP110 is strongly expressed in non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and targeting this HSP at the cell surface using specific antibodies could constitute a future therapy (Zappasodi et al. Blood, 2011, 4421-4430). Despite the importance of these proteins in the development of lymphomas, their expression and their role in the activation of normal B lymphocytes and the normal development of germinal centres is not known. The expression of Heat shock proteins should vary among the different B lymphocyte populations present in the tonsils (naïve B cells, memory B cells, germinal centre B cells). The aim of this study is to establish an expression profile for heat shock proteins in populations of B lymphocytes in human tonsils
For the purpose of quality assurance, the Swedish Association for Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck surgery has developed several national registers concerning ear, nose and throat care. One of these is the National Tonsil Surgery Registry in Sweden (NTSRS). In NTSRS patients undergoing tonsil surgery for benign indications are included. Data regarding indication, surgical methods and techniques as well as patient reported outcomes measures are collected. The register is designed to facilitate description of clinical activities in a unit and help identify the need of clinical improvement programs. By compiling national data, the register can be used to describe clinical practice in a large national cohort.
Primitive kidney disease IgA, represented by Berger's disease and rheumatoid purpura nephropathy, are the first cause of kidney failure from chronic glomerulonephritis: changes in 20 years to end-stage renal failure is described in 10 to 30 % of cases in Berger's disease and in 15 to 20% of cases in nephropathy HSP. These two pathological entities share biological and histological characteristics, as well as common pathophysiological mechanisms, particularly the production of abnormally glycosylated IgA1 promoting their proliferation in the mesangium. Tonsils part of Iga abnormal production sites that would be associated with an infectious stimulus, tonsillectomy has been studied as a possible treatment in primitive IgA nephropathy. The benefit of tonsillectomy is controversial: many Japanese studies demonstrate its effectiveness in terms of reduction of proteinuria, improved renal function in the long term regression of histological lesions and reduced risk of relapse following clinical remission whereas European studies do not suggest its effectiveness in treating IgA nephropathy. In this context, the aim of our study is to describe the scope of practice of tonsillectomy in the treatment of primary renal disease in IgA child in the inter East region and describe the short renal become Strasbourg end of the cohort that received this treatment.
Patients 13-years-or older who undergo tonsillectomy operation (without another additional surgery) will be enrolled in the study. Randomly, one side is going to be operated with conventional cold-knife technique and hemostasis will be maintained with bipolar diathermy (25-30w). Contralateral tonsil is going to be operated with needle-tip monopolar electrocautery (10-12w) at Blend 1 mode and hemostasis will also be maintained with needle-tip monopolar cautery. Postoperative tonsillar fossa healing and pain is going to be evaluated for both sides separately with Visual Analogue Scale. All operations are going to be performed by a single surgeon and all evaluations are going to be carried out by another surgeon in a totally blinded fashion to avoid possible bias.
The study will involve parents filling out a survey before & after watching a teaching tool video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIH63jqvlio) in addition to standard post-op teaching. The parents randomized to the video arms will watch the video while their child is in the OR and then either take the post survey immediately after or wait to take the survey until just prior to discharge. Parents not in the video arms of the study will also be asked to complete a survey pre and post standard pain management teaching.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether liposomal bupivacaine (long acting injectable anesthetic) provides greater post operative pain relief compared to the standard post operative pain regiment for tonsillectomy patients.
This is a retrospective chart review looking at the effect of dexamethasone dosing on post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage.
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of Tantum Verde® for improving recovery following tonsillectomy Study design: A prospective double-blined randomized trial. Sample size: Thirty patients undergoing tonsillectomy who will be treated with Tantum Verde® Mouth wash solution, and a control group of 30 patients that will undergo tonsillectomy and will be treated with a placebo. The study will be conducted in the Departments Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery in the Western Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel. Patients who are scheduled for tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy will be recruited for the study. They will sign the inform consent in one of two places: in the departments before the surgery or in the clinic in the visit before the surgery. The patients will be evaluated for their ability to gargle and spit water before the surgery, after which they will be assigned to either the treatment group who will get a solution of Tantum Verde or the control group who will receive saline with mint flavor, both in identicle bottles. Randomization will be done using a random number generator program. The patients will be asked to gargle and spit the solution they received three times a day for 30 seconds, for the following week after surgery.
This is a retrospective chart review to evaluate the postoperative course of all pediatric patients admitted to the hospital following adenotonsillectomy over the past 24 months to evaluate the incidence of bradycardia in children who received dexmedetomidine intraoperatively and identify confounding factors which may be precipitating the bradycardia or potentiating the negative chronotropic effects of dexmedetomidine.