Patients with poor CPAP compliance and/or significant side effects of CPAP therapy (45% of cases in this series) should be evaluated for contemporary upper airway reconstructive surgery.

The introduction of coblation tonsillectomy into Australia was associated with a statistically significant learning curve with respect to both primary and secondary hemorrhage rates.

Australian surgeons still use monopolar diathermy as their preferred technique for tonsillectomy. Local anesthetic, dexamethasone, and postoperative antibiotics are used infrequently, and fewer than 1:4 surgeons perform day-case tonsillectomy.