Pediatric total tonsillectomy using coblation compared to conventional electrosurgery: a prospective, controlled single-blind study.

Objective: Postoperative recovery after tonsillectomy using Coblation excision (CES) was compared with conventional electrosurgery (ES).

Study Design And Setting: Patients aged 3 to 12 years from 3 clinical sites were randomly assigned and blinded to receive tonsillectomy using CES (n = 44) or ES (n = 45).

Results: Operative parameters did not differ between groups.