Abstract:ObjectiveTo figure out the status of techniques applied to tonsillectomy via investigation on surgical methods adopted in domestic hospitals for promoting proper use of the techniques.MethodsSurgical methods for tonsillectomy adopted in 82 hospitals of prefecturelevel cities or above distributed among Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (provincial group) and other 21 domestic cities and provinces (outsideprovince group), were investigated through ways such as telephone calls, face to face consultation and email. All data were statistically analyzed.ResultsAt present, a total of 6 techniques were used for tonsillectomy in domestic hospitals, including stripping, guillotine, monopolar electrosurgery, coblation, laser dissection and harmonic scalpel. In the hospitals of outsideprovince group, all the 6 techniques were used and stripping method was most widely singly used (25%). Cold cutting surgery was used in 73.1% of the hospitals and thermal surgery in 67.3%. As in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (provincial group), monopolar electrosurgery, coblation, stripping and harmonic scalpel were used. The most widely singly used technique was monopolar electrosurgery (46.7%). Cold cutting methods were no longer singly used in any of the surveyed hospitals of the provincial group. Thermal surgery was used in all the hospitals. Contrary to the outsideprovince group, thermal surgery was more widely used than cold surgery in the provincial group, no matter in singly use or overall uses.ConclusionsThe domestic application of techniques for tonsillectomy is relatively confused, and cold surgery is more widely used than thermal surgery in both singly and overall uses. Our domestic general situation lags behind the international mainstreams. Actively promoting application of advanced techniques may guide it to keep up with the international trends. And mainstream guidelines such as textbooks should play important roles in promoting the techniques’ application.