[Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage in adults. A retrospective study and literature review].

Abstract

We are reporting a review of 21 adults admitted with diagnosis of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage between 1992 and 2001 (10 years). 14 were male and 7 female with 29 years-old average. We have studied the number of days from intervention to hemorrhage beginning, bleeding location, urgent analysis, the medical or surgical treatment that was performed and clinical evolution. A 85.7% were late bleeding (5th day or afterwards) being two times more frequent on the left fossae. It was required a hemostasia under general anestesia in 57.14% of the cases and the incidence of bleeding post-tonsillectomy has been estimated in 5.8% respect to global surgery of that kind.

• Authors: V Pino Rivero, G Pardo Romero, A González Palomino, M Marcos García, G Trinidad Ruiz, A Blasco Huelva
• Journal: Anales otorrinolaringologicos ibero-americanos (An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am) Vol. 31 Issue 1 Pg. 43-50 ( 2004) ISSN: 0303-8874 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Hemorragia posamigdalectomía en adultos. Estudio retrospectivo y revisión de la literatura.
• PMID: 15025208 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Postoperative Hemorrhage (epidemiology)
• Retrospective Studies
• Tonsillectomy (statistics & numerical data)