Do children need stitches for tonsil surgery?

Whether tonsil surgery for children needs suture hemostasis or not needs to be determined according to the condition and surgical method, and suture hemostasis is needed for heavy bleeding, and traditional surgery needs suture hemostasis. Tonsillectomy is one of the common surgeries for diseases such as tonsil hypertrophy and chronic tonsillitis, and its surgical methods include traditional cutting method, plasma knife cutting method and thermal knife cutting method. The traditional cutting method uses vascular forceps to pinch up the bleeding point and accurately suture to stop bleeding. Since bipolar electrocoagulation and other hemostatic devices are not used, hemostasis is mainly achieved by suturing, but this method is very rare nowadays. Plasma knife, thermal knife and other cutting methods, both with the function of cutting tissue and hemostasis, can be in the removal of tonsils at the same time at any time for hemostasis, usually do not need to suture, only in the bleeding of a large amount of stitches to stop bleeding. For enlarged tonsils and chronic tonsillitis, it is recommended to visit the hospital in time. The need for surgery and the type of surgery are recommended to be decided after the doctor’s evaluation.