The Outcome of Tonsillectomy for Chronic and Recurrent Acute Tonsillitis in a Tertiary Care Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract

Background: Recently tonsillectomy has been widely used for managing recurrent tonsillitis was associated with improved quality of life. Objective: In this study our main goal is to evaluate the outcome of Tonsillectomy for chronic and recurrent acute tonsillitis in a tertiary care hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh. Method: This cross sectional study was done at tertiary care hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh. A total of 116 patients of tonsillitis attended in OPD were included as a sample population. For the collection of data, we used a pretested data sheet, prior to interview verbal consent was taken and the purpose of the study was elaborate clearly. Results: During the study, majority were belong to 21-30 years age group, 26.7% and 61.2% were female. Besides that, 45.7% had tonsillitis, 25.9% cases were Chronic Tonsillitis, 6.9% had DNS, 6% had Adeno tonsillitis. In addition, 65.5% undergone Tonsillectomy followed by 8.6% had Excisions, Incision & Drainage cases were 6.9%, 11.2% Septoplasty, 4.3% Thyroidectomy. Moreover, majority cases use general anesthesia, 90%. In operative outcome majority cases 116 (98.27%) were successful and 2 (1.98%) were in minor complexity Conclusion: From our study it was able to show that tonsillectomy for adults and children with recurrent tonsillitis were widely used which improves health and quality of life and reduces the need to consume medical resources.