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Re: Increased post-operative haemorrhage seen in adult coblation tonsillectomy.
Coblation is a new soft tissue surgical technique that is being used for tonsillectomy. Published results show a significant decrease in the amount of post-operative pain experienced by patients undergoing coblation tonsillectomy. There has been no published work to date on the incidence of post-operative haemorrhage. From August 2001 to November 2002 one surgeon performed 36 coblation tonsille...
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Elective tonsillectomy remains one of the most commonly performed operations in otolaryngology, with postoperative hemorrhage (PTH) being the most significant potential complication. Anecdotal evidence among ENT Surgeons suggested that bodybuilding athletes may be at increased risk of suffering from PTH, a notion corroborated by a recent case report, regarding primary PTH. The problem has been ...
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An abnormal tendency to post-operative hmorrhage may occur in patients with severe cyanotic congenital heart disease (Blalock, 1948). In preliminary findings by Somerville and McDonald (1960) the thromboplastin generation test showed evidence of defective blood coagulation in these patients. Blood coagulation has been further investigated in patients with cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart...
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INTRODUCTION The authors present a potential complication associated with the surgical management of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage using absorbable cellulose haemostatic dressings. The article discusses the deficiencies of our current understanding of how best to manage this common and potentially life-threatening ENT emergency. CASE REPORT A 40-year-old man presented to Accident-and-Emergen...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1922
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.3185.54