Comparison of Postoperative Pain and Appetite in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Monopolar Tonsillotomy and Cold Steel Tonsillectomy

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the partial tonsillectomy (PT) and total tonsillectomy (TT) groups.

	PT	TT	value
	n = 25	n = 25
BMI (kg/m^2)	15.6 (13.3–23.9)	15.6 (14.5–18.1)	0.586
Age	4 (2–7)	4 (2–9)	0.789
Gender
Male	12 (48%)	19 (76%)	0.041
Female	13 (52%)	6 (24%)
Second-hand smoking
Yes	7 (28%)	12 (48%)	0.145
Area of living
Rural	12 (48%)	14 (56%)	0.571
Urban	13 (52%)	11 (44%)
Day care center
Yes	5 (20%)	1 (4%)	0.082

Fisher’s exact test was used for dichotomous variables, and Mann–Whitney U test was used for comparison of continuous variables between the two groups.