Reduced risk of primary postoperative hemorrhage after tonsil surgery in Sweden: Results from the national tonsil surgery register in Sweden covering more than 10 years and 54,696 operations

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2322-2326

  Hessén Söderman, Anne Charlotte ^a   Ericsson, Elisabeth ^c   Hemlin, Claes ^b   Hultcrantz, Elisabeth ^c,d   Mãnsson, Ingemar ^e   Roos, Kristian ^f   Stalfors, Joacim ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Capio Lundby ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

ambulatory surgery; Level of Evidence: 2b.; outcome assessment (healthcare); postoperative hemorrhage; quality assurance (healthcare); Tonsillectomy; tonsillotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055025793     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22179     Document Type: Article

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