Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage rates are related to technique for dissection and for haemostasis. An analysis of 15734 patients in the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 248-254

  Söderman, A C Hessén ^a,b   Odhagen, E ^c,d   Ericsson, E ^e   Hemlin, C ^f   Hultcrantz, E ^g   Sunnergren, O ^h   Stalfors, J ^c,d  

^a Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Sollentuna Specialist Clinic   (Sweden)

^g LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIATHERMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST TONSILLECTOMY HAEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929159869     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/coa.12361     Document Type: Article

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