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- Title
Incidence and risk factors of complications after tonsillectomy.
- Authors
Sarajlić, Lana; Kapidžić, Adnan; Šabanović, Jusuf; Tanović, Haris; Gavrić, Igor; Rašić, Ismar
- Abstract
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries and accounts for about half of all surgical procedures in children. Mortality and morbidity after tonsillectomy are usually result of post-operative bleeding. In addition to the bleeding, the most common complications include infection, pain, nausea and vomiting. Aim of the study was todefine major complicarions of tonsillectomy and to determine its incidence possible connection between the age, gender, season of operation, ABO blood type and possible complications. Primary and secondary bleeding were observed as major complications; primary bleeding occurred in 2% of both group subjects, and secondary hemorrhage in 2% of patients from the studied and 4% of the control group patients. The largest number of complications was observed in the older age respondent groups (23-30 years), and during the summer. There was no statistically significant association between the occurrence of complications and the respondents gender. Of the total number of postoperative bleeding the largest number was registered in O blood group patients, while one bleeding in patient with A and B blood group respectively. The difference was statistically significant.
- Subjects
TONSILLECTOMY complications; PEDIATRIC surgery; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE period; BLOOD grouping &; crossmatching
- Publication
Medical Journal / Medicinski Žurnal, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 2, p96
- ISSN
1512-5866
- Publication type
Article