Post-tonsillectomy secondary haemorrhage.
PubMedPublished 1 May 1985Open access
M. Z. SIODLAK, Michael J. Gleeson, Carol Wengraf
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A higher incidence of secondary haemorrhage in those patients in whom diathermy was used for haemostasis rather than ligatures supports previous studies.
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This paper compares the incidence of secondary haemorrhage in post-tonsillectomy patients who were discharged 48 hours after operation (2.8%) with those discharged at 24 hours (3%). There was no significant difference between the groups. A higher incidence of secondary haemorrhage in those patients in whom diathermy was used for haemostasis rather than ligatures (P less than 0.01) supports previous studies.
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