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| Type of Tonsillectomy | Cold Steel Dissection Method | Electrocautery Technique | ||||
| Study parameters | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | Mean |
| Duration of surgery (in mins) | 16 | 66 | 39.60 | 8 | 23 | 14 |
| Intraoperative blood loss (mL) | 16 | 63 | 44.29 | 11 | 29 | 18.83 |
| 24-hour postoperative pain score | 6 | 9 | 7.11 | 7 | 9 | 8.51 |
| Day 3 postoperative pain score | 3 | 6 | 3.29 | 3 | 7 | 5.54 |
