Tonsils operation with Radio Frequency

By Big Smile Kamis, 07 April 2011 0 comments
Synonyms And Synonyms
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Tonsillitis often appear to attack the children. The operation became a last resort to overcome them. However, there are now new ways tonsillectomy, by operating radio frequency.

Tonsils or tonsillitis is a part of the lymph nodes are located on the right-left larynx.

"Although it can be suffered by anyone, most of the more experienced of the tonsils of children aged five to 15 years," said a specialist ear nose throat (ENT) Hospital, Puri Indah, Jakarta, Dr. Agus Subagio SpTHT.

The emergence of this disease is quite disturbing patients, such as in children, which is annoying behavior, snoring during sleep, until heart failure. In addition, the symptoms of this disease in the form of throat felt dry, pain on swallowing, fever, sometimes followed by flu, colds, headaches, bad breath, nausea, and enlarged lymph nodes around the neck.

"Handling inflammation of the tonsils are very diverse. Start drug therapy to raise tonsilatau tonsil surgery as the final solution, "he said in the event themed" Radio Frequency for Tonsillectomy, Tonsils Diseases Modern Handling "held by the RS Puri Indah, Jakarta, some time ago.

Dr. Agus said, the method of overcoming the past to overcome inflammation of the tonsils, that is through surgical removal of tonsils. Operations to be one way for the case with tonsilyang infected and the growing size so that disrupt road and street respiratory eat. When the tonsils become a den of germs, the infection often recurs. Tonsillectomy is the most frequently performed surgery ENT specialist doctor.

In the United States in 1985 reported an average of 350-400 thousand perform tonsillectomy. In the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia-Cipto Mangunkusumo, during 1990-1994 has been performed tonsillectomy 2991.

"Currently, operations are supported by cutting-edge technologies and devices that reduce risk and so relieve the effects for the patient," he said.

Since the last decade, introduced a new way of using advanced technology in the surgical removal of tonsils, which is using radio frequency techniques. Agus said the radio frequency energy is a device that uses low temperatures (40-70 degrees Celsius), in contrast to electrocautery technique that uses energy to the temperature reached 400 degrees Celsius.

Radio frequency using radio waves at frequencies from 1.5 to 4.5 MHz. The radio waves generated by the generator units will be streamed to the electrodes in contact with the organ to be operated. Radio energy will break the chemical bonds in the network, and ultimately result in cutting and freezing of tissue. Because this process occurs at low temperature, around the damaged tissue will be minimal.

"The category of chronic tonsillitis patients to undergo surgery using radio frequency that provides the comfort level far above the conventional surgical procedure, even with a faster recovery process," he said.

Based on research conducted in several countries, concluded that the use of radio frequencies in the tonsillectomy (removal of tonsils) has several advantages, including shorter duration of surgery, less bleeding, and postoperative pain that is lighter because there is not an open surgical wound.

Using radio frequency technology is not only used for tonsillectomy. Radio frequencies can also be used for operations to address other issues surrounding the ear nose throat, including snoring and konkahidung the enlarged (hypertrophy), which resulted in blockage of the nose.

Pondok Indah Hospital Group CEO Dr Yanwar Hadiyanto said radio frequency devices has become one of the devices used by ENT specialists in ENT clinic RS Puri Indah, Jakarta, supported by specialist doctors for the treatment of various diseases and disorders ENT.
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