The goal of this treatment study is to determine if doing lateral pharyngoplasty with tonsillectomy is better for children than doing tonsillectomy alone. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Do children experience less pain after surgery when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed with tonsillectomy compared to tonsillectomy alone?
* Do children eat/drink better when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed with tonsillectomy compared to tonsillectomy alone?
* Is there a lower risk of bleeding after tonsillectomy when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed? Researchers will compare children undergoing tonsillectomy and lateral pharyngoplasty with children undergoing tonsillectomy alone to see if the participants experience less pain, better oral intake, and less bleeding complications after surgery. Parents of participants will be asked to record pain scores and pain medications given, approximate amounts of daily oral intake, and any complications after surgery.
Conditions
- Sleep-Disordered Breathing
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes in Children
- Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
- Tonsillitis
- Tonsillar Hypertrophy
- Tonsil Stone
- Tonsil Disease
Intervention
- Lateral pharyngoplasty
- Tonsillectomy
Principal Investigator
- O-Lee, Tsungju
Sponsor
- Department
*The source of data for this particular study is "ClinicalTrials.gov" and was last updated on 05/16/2024. Loma Linda University does not make any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to such data, and, furthermore, assumes no liability for any party's use, or the results of such use of the data.
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