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Questions still surround its role in patients with recurrent tonsillitis, as well as tonsillar regrowth requiring revision surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prospective consecutive case series from March 2013 to April 2020.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Tertiary paediatric ENT referral centre.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Paediatric patients undergoing Coblation ICT, with or without adenoidectomy, for obstructive and\/or infective indications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Health\u2010Related Quality of Life (HRQL), analgesia requirement, post\u2010operative haemorrhage rates, time to return to normal diet and activity or school\/nursery, and parental satisfaction. We report revision surgery rates and identify predictive factors for revision surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 1257 patients (median age 4.2\u00a0years) underwent Coblation ICT, with a median direct and implied follow\u2010up of 101.5 and 1419\u00a0days, respectively. We noted significantly improved HRQL scores across all domains. Median analgesia requirement was six days, and no patients required a return to theatre for post\u2010operative haemorrhage. The majority of patients were eating a normal diet within 24\u00a0hours and returned to normal activity\/school within a week post\u2010operatively. Revision surgery was required in 2.6% of cases, mainly due to recurrent obstructive symptoms from tonsillar regrowth.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Being under two years old at initial surgery (OR 5.10), having severe OSA (OR 4.43) or severe comorbidities (OR 2.98) increased the risk of needing revision surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Long\u2010term data demonstrate the efficacy and safety of Coblation ICT in paediatric patients across a range of indications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/coa.13790","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,27]],"date-time":"2021-04-27T21:18:46Z","timestamp":1619558326000},"page":"1184-1192","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Coblation intracapsular tonsillectomy in children: A prospective study of 1257 consecutive cases with long\u2010term follow\u2010up"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"46","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9579-8454","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nikul","family":"Amin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 NHS Foundation Trust  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2619-8484","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eishaan","family":"Bhargava","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 NHS Foundation Trust  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3038-620X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"James George","family":"Prentice","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 NHS Foundation Trust  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0920-7927","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eamon","family":"Shamil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 NHS Foundation Trust  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maia","family":"Walsh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 NHS Foundation Trust  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1387-1580","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel John","family":"Tweedie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 NHS Foundation Trust  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","unstructured":"Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care England\u20132015\u201316. 2016. 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