Clinical observation on guillotine tonsillectomy without anesthesia.

Ten years ago, tonsillectomy was the most common operation in ENT service. Guillotine tonsillectomy without anesthesia is a simple, fast, and safe operative procedure. From 1958-1981, 34,000 non-anesthetic guillotine operations were performed at our university. This method gives fairly satisfactory results. More than 93% of the patients experienced no pain or slight pain during operation. There was no mortality or morbidity in the 34,000 cases. It is distinctly safe and, therefore, is far superior to the anesthetic dissection method.