Pain is one of the most irritant complication of the post tonsillectomy . In
this study the effect of injection of 2% lidocaine at the end of operation for
reduction of pain is evaluated .
This is a clinical trial study . 60 children who were candidate for
tonsillectomy were selected and randomly divided in to two groups .
At the end of tonsillectomy 2% lidocaine was injected in to the tonsillar pillar
in 30 patients (study group) . Normal saline solution was injected in to the
other 30 patients (control group) .
According to the results pain has been decreased significantly in 80% of
the study group. This study revealed the effectiveness of this procedure for
decreasing of the post tonsillectomy pain and cause the patients to awake
smoothly without irritability .
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