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[Usage of platelet-enriched plasma as hemostatic and analgenic medication in tonsillectomy]
Abstract:
The rate of posttonsillectomy hemorrhage, pain severity were assessed in the study group (80 tonsillar niches) and in the control group (110 tonsillar niches). Treatment of postoperative tonsillar niches with platelet-enriched plasma (PEP) was performed in the study group and was not performed in the controls. No hemorrhage was registered in the study group and 9 cases of hemorrhage occurred in the control group. Swallowing test and analysis of the visual-analogue scales demonstrated that pain after tonsillectomy was less severe after local use of PEP. Thus, usage of PEP in the region of the postoperative wound is effective in prevention of hemorrhage and pharyngeal pain attenuation after tonsillectomy.
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