Clinical efficacy of local infiltration of lidocaine and tranexamic acid application in tonsillar region on postoperative pain and bleeding during tonsillectomy: prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled study

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 4 Amount of postoperative tonsillectomy bleeding in both groups

Groups	Group (T) (n = 41)	Group (N) (n = 41)	p-value
Parameters	Group (T) (n = 41)	Group (N) (n = 41)	p-value
Mild postoperative bleeding (no need for reoperation)	3 (7.3%)	8 (19.5%)	0.037*
Severe postoperative bleeding (need for reoperation)	0 (0%)	3 (7.3%)	0.023*

Group T, received lidocaine (2%) 2 ml and tranexamic acid 1.5 ml. Group N, received 3.5 ml of normal saline
^*Statistically significant at p-value ≤ 0.05