Browsing by Author "Akkaya, S."

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Clinical Value of Preoperative Intraoral Ultrasonography in Tonsillectomy
(1998) Kutluhan, A.; Sakarya, M.E.; Çankaya, H.; Akkaya, S.
In this prospective study, 43 chronic tonsillitis patients underwent intraoral ultrasonography preoperatively and the width and thickness of tonsils and tonsillocarotid distances were measured. Positive correlation was obtained in postoperative measurements compared with ultrasonographic measurements of tonsils. The mean tonsillocarotid distances were 8.6 mm in the left and 8.25 mm in the right tonsillar fossa. This study showed that preoperative intraoral ultrasonography was to be help of tonsillectomy operations particularly in surgical anatomical orientation.
The Effect of Peritonsillar Corticosteroid Infiltration in Tonsillectomy
(1997) Egeli, E.; Akkaya, S.
A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-control clinical study was performed to determine the effects of peritonsillar infiltration of dexamethasone on peroperative and postoperative morbidity in patients undergoing tonsillectomy with local anesthesia. A total of fifty-two patients, aged 14-34, were randomized to infiltrate dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg, maximum dose, 12 mg) or placebo with local anesthetic at the peritonsillar region. Incidence of postoperative complications, pain medications, appetite, oral intake (type of diet) and fever were also compared between the two groups. Demographics of dexamethasone and placebo groups were similar. No statistically significant differences were noted peroperative procedures, postoperative complications, pain medication, appetite, oral intake (type of diet) between the two groups of patients.