Lateral Pharyngoplasty Outcomes in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy
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Official title
Post-operative Outcomes of Tonsillectomy With Lateral Pharyngoplasty Versus Tonsillectomy Alone in Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief summary
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The goal of this treatment study is to determine if doing lateral pharyngoplasty with tonsillectomy is better for children than doing tonsillectomy alone. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do children experience less pain after surgery when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed with tonsillectomy compared to tonsillectomy alone? * Do children eat/drink better when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed with tonsillectomy compared to tonsillectomy alone? * Is there a lower risk of bleeding after tonsillectomy when lateral pharyngoplasty is performed? Researchers will compare children undergoing tonsillectomy and lateral pharyngoplasty with children undergoing tonsillectomy alone to see if the participants experience less pain, better oral intake, and less bleeding complications after surgery. Parents of participants will be asked to record pain scores and pain medications given, approximate amounts of daily oral intake, and any complications after surgery.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05575401
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 160 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 3 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 16, 2023
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2026
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2026
- Last update posted
- Feb 22, 2026
2023 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 4
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Linda University Professional Building - Murrieta | Murrieta | California | 92563 | Not yet recruiting |
| Loma Linda University ENT/Head & Neck Surgery | Riverside | California | 92506 | Recruiting |
| Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery and Audiology | San Bernardino | California | 92408 | Not yet recruiting |
| SAC Health - ENT Clinic | San Bernardino | California | 92410 | Not yet recruiting |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Feb 22, 2026 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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