Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video discusses the preoperative, operative, and postoperative considerations for patients undergoing tonsillectomy, including anatomy and pathophysiology, preoperative evaluation, anesthetic management, operative approach, and postoperative care.
0:00 Introduction
1:12 Anatomy & Pathophysiology
6:53 Preoperative Evaluation
8:35 Anesthetic Management
11:29 Operative Approach
13:42 Postoperative Care
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon watching this video, learners will be able to:
• Explain the anatomy and pathophysiology
• Describe key considerations for the preoperative anesthetic evaluation and intraoperative anesthetic management plan
• Review common operative approaches
• Discuss postoperative considerations
AUTHORS
Haley Moulton, BA
MS4
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Eelam Adil, MD, MBA, FAAP
Associate
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement
Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Harvard Medical School
Ashish Ankola, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Sonya Mathews
Pre-Medical Student
Jue Wang, MD
Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
DATES
Initial publication date: July 10, 2024
A multilingual transcript is available for this video, thanks to the generous support of our community members who volunteered their time to translate our content. Learn more about our OPENPediatrics translation campaign here: openpediatrics.org/content-translation
Please visit: openpediatrics.org
OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.
For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support nor control any related videos in the sidebar, these are placed by Youtube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
CITATION
Moulton H, Adil E, Ankola A, Mathews S, Wang JT, Marcley S, McFee AM, Wolbrink TA. Tonsillectomy. 7/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Video. youtu.be/vpJ8si043Jk.
This video discusses the preoperative, operative, and postoperative considerations for patients undergoing tonsillectomy, including anatomy and pathophysiology, preoperative evaluation, anesthetic management, operative approach, and postoperative care.
0:00 Introduction
1:12 Anatomy & Pathophysiology
6:53 Preoperative Evaluation
8:35 Anesthetic Management
11:29 Operative Approach
13:42 Postoperative Care
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon watching this video, learners will be able to:
• Explain the anatomy and pathophysiology
• Describe key considerations for the preoperative anesthetic evaluation and intraoperative anesthetic management plan
• Review common operative approaches
• Discuss postoperative considerations
AUTHORS
Haley Moulton, BA
MS4
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Eelam Adil, MD, MBA, FAAP
Associate
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement
Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Harvard Medical School
Ashish Ankola, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Sonya Mathews
Pre-Medical Student
Jue Wang, MD
Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
DATES
Initial publication date: July 10, 2024
A multilingual transcript is available for this video, thanks to the generous support of our community members who volunteered their time to translate our content. Learn more about our OPENPediatrics translation campaign here: openpediatrics.org/content-translation
Please visit: openpediatrics.org
OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.
For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support nor control any related videos in the sidebar, these are placed by Youtube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
CITATION
Moulton H, Adil E, Ankola A, Mathews S, Wang JT, Marcley S, McFee AM, Wolbrink TA. Tonsillectomy. 7/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Video. youtu.be/vpJ8si043Jk.
