Abstract
The hemostatic efficiency of electrocagulation using surgical universal snare (Elman, USA) versus that of ligation of clamped vessels following tonsillectomy has been tested statistically in this study of 17 tonsillectomized patients. Electrocagulation was used in 8 patients while ligation of clamped vessels was used in 9 patients. Both technique have proved to be very efficient. The overall amount of operative blood loss was 27ml and 53ml in mean, respectively. Electrocagulation has proved to be significantlly efficient in decreasing the amount of blood loss during tonsillectomy.
