The use of surgical techniques for removal of the tonsils for the surgical method-indication category
| Technique used for dissection of the tonsils | ||||||||||||
| Cold steel | Radio frequency | Bipolar diathermy scissors | Other | |||||||||
| Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Sweden | Norway | Denmark | |
| n=10 686 | n=6197 | n=392 | n=6889 | n=464 | n=35 | n=2062 | n=2402 | n=15 | n=1120 | n=1231 | n=63 | |
| Surgical method-indication | ||||||||||||
| TT obstruction | 49 (0.5%) | 47 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 769 (11.4%) | 124 (27.2%) | 11 (32.4%) | 53 (2.6%) | 173 (7.5%) | 2 (16.7%) | 45 (4.1%) | 32 (2.7%) | 8 (13.3%) |
| TTA obstruction | 719 (7.1%) | 185 (3.2%) | 1 (0.3%) | 5769 (85.2%) | 264 (57.9%) | 21 (61.8%) | 1105 (54.4%) | 441 (19.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 792 (72.3%) | 214 (18.1%) | 32 (53.3%) |
| TEA obstruction | 1972 (19.5%) | 814 (13.9%) | 10 (3.2%) | 95 (1.4%) | 8 (1.8%) | 1 (2.9%) | 96 (4.7%) | 174 (7.5%) | 1 (8.3%) | 69 (6.3%) | 106 (9.0%) | 2 (3.3%) |
| TEA recurrent tonsillitis | 450 (4.5%) | 492 (8.4%) | 24 (7.6%) | 9 (0.1%) | 3 (0.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 60 (3.0%) | 79 (3.4%) | 1 (8.3%) | 33 (3.0%) | 52 (4.4%) | 2 (3.3%) |
| TE obstruction | 1243 (12.3%) | 392 (6.7%) | 41 (13.0%) | 37 (0.5%) | 11 (2.4%) | 1 (2.9%) | 60 (3.0%) | 149 (6.4%) | 2 (16.7%) | 35 (3.2%) | 51 (4.3%) | 5 (8.3%) |
| TE chronic tonsillitis | 2310 (22.9%) | 1801 (30.8%) | 52 (16.5%) | 65 (1.0%) | 22 (4.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 162 (8.0%) | 686 (29.6%) | 1 (8.3%) | 50 (4.6%) | 299 (25.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| TE recurrent tonsillitis | 2420 (23.9%) | 2002 (34.2%) | 154 (48.9%) | 11 (0.2%) | 23 (5.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 402 (19.8%) | 592 (25.5%) | 5 (41.7%) | 52 (4.7%) | 394 (33.4%) | 10 (16.7%) |
| TE peritonsillitis | 946 (9.4%) | 118 (2.0%) | 33 (10.5%) | 19 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 92 (4.5%) | 26 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 20 (1.8%) | 33 (2.8%) | 1 (1.7%) |
| Missing | 577 | 346 | 77 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 82 | 3 | 24 | 50 | 3 |
TE, tonsillectomy; TT, tonsillotomy.