Post-Tonsillectomy bleeding: An evaluation of risk factors
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Risk factors for post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage.
OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to investigate the rate of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage (PTH) in a single institution and to evaluate the clinical risk factors for PTH. METHODS We reviewed the records of 692 patients who underwent tonsillectomy (TE) at Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital in Japan. PTH grades were grouped into three categories according to the severity of the hemorrhag...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0023-852X,1531-4995
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198711000-00011