Post-tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy morbidity & complications at District Headquarter Hospital Daggar.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy is one of the commonly performed operations in ENT practice. Morbidity & complications associated with tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy include severe otalgia, pyrexia, odynophagia and haemorrhage.

METHODS:

A prospective study was undertaken from April 1996 to April 2001 to report the experience regarding postoperative morbidity/complications in tonsillectomy and/or adenotonsillectomy. A total of 1500 patients undergoing tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectom for chronic/recurrent tonsillitis or adenotonsillar hypertrophy were included. These patients received antibiotic in the form of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid and non-salicylate analgesics for 7 days postoperatively. 100 patients were lost to follow up.

RESULTS:

Seventy percent of patients were female and thirty percent males with maximum number of patients between the age of 11-22 years. Postoperative complications developed in 25 out of 1400 patients, 14 of them developed post-operative bleeding and 9 developed postoperative infection.

CONCLUSIONS:

It was found that postoperative morbidity/complications were less in this study with regard to secondary haemorrhage, operative site infection, intensity & duration of postoperative pain, postoperative pyrexia and time for return to normal activities.

• Authors: Zakirullah
• Journal: Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC (J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad) 2001 Jul-Sep Vol. 13 Issue 3 Pg. 4-6 ISSN: 1025-9589 [Print] Pakistan
• PMID: 11873398 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Clavulanic Acid
• Amoxicillin

Topics

• Adenoidectomy (adverse effects)
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Age Distribution
• Amoxicillin (therapeutic use)
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Clavulanic Acid (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Postoperative Hemorrhage (epidemiology)
• Prospective Studies
• Surgical Wound Infection (epidemiology)
• Tonsillectomy (adverse effects)