Clinical Study

Comparison of Pediatric and Adult Tonsillectomies Performed by Thermal Welding System

Table 1

The ages and visual analogue scale scores of the patients.

Mean ± SD95% CIRSDMedianMin–Max

Pediatric patients ( )
 Age6.7 ± 2.406.3–7.00.3562–13
 VAS score7.3 ± 1.157.2–7.50.1586–10

Adult patients ( )
 Age21.8 ± 7.0719.4–24.30.322115–41
 VAS score85.6 ± 5.8083.6–87.60.0678570–95

VAS: visual analogue scale; SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval; RSD: relative standard deviation; Min–Max: minimum–maximum.