Lorenzo Pezzoli, Sung Hye Kim, Jean Pierre Mathelin, Karen Hennessey, Padmasiri Eswara Aratchige, Jayaprakash Valiakolleri
An Expanded Transmission Assessment Survey to Confirm the Interruption of Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission in Wallis and Futuna
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
return theatre arrest posttonsillectomy haemorrhage represents significant complication commonly performed ear nose throat procedure used hospital episode statistics data quantify risk method used previously data 20022004 20102016 article coblation tonsillectomy considered separately analysed previous studies used hospital episode statistics data provided department health determine risk return theatre patients undergoing tonsillectomy 2016 2022 adults children analysed separately 1 april 2016 30 april 2022 179172 tonsillectomies performed including coblation tonsillectomy 4311 241 returned theatre control postoperative bleeding children 116 returned theatre whereas adults 380 returned p005 including coblation tonsillectomy return theatre rate 082 children 346 adults 192 overall study shows adults remain three times likely children require return theatre arrest haemorrhage following tonsillectomy rates posttonsillectomy haemorrhage decrease coblation tonsillectomies added analysis rate return theatre posttonsillectomy haemorrhage seems stabilised compared previous work carried authors recommend work assess complication rate tonsillectomy uk compare coblation tonsillectomy techniques