Table 3.

Comparison of tonsillar fossa healing by per cent of fossa covered with slough at successive evaluations between the coblation and conventional sides (mean)

	Coblation side (%)	Conventional side (%)	P value
At 6 h	17.5	0	<0.001
At 12 h	44.1	15.6	<0.001
At 1 day	77.5	33.6	<0.01
At 2 days	100	50	<0.01
At 3 days	100	69.1	<0.01
At 7 days	55.8	10	<0.01
At 20 days	0	0	NS

NS not significant