OBJECTIVE To evaluate the rate of posttonsillectomy hemorrhage and any change that smoking causes in patients who undergo tonsillectomy. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Military tertiary referral center. PATIENTS The study included 1036 adult patients who underwent tonsillectomy either alone or in conjunction with another procedure. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The rate of postopera...

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to determine whether teens have different rates of posttonsillectomy hemorrhage, admission for dehydration, or recurrent tonsillitis compared to adults. Specifically, these parameters were compared within two groups: patients who underwent powered intracapsular tonsillectomy (PIT) and those who underwent monopolar electrocautery tonsillectomy (MET). METHODS...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of the present study was to analyze the outcome and outcome predictors of caudate hemorrhage and role of external ventricular drainage in acute hydrocephalus. METHODS Clinical data from 36 consecutive patients with hypertensive caudate hemorrhage was used in the present study. Age, gender, volume of parenchymal hematoma, hematoma in the internal capsule, ini...

UNLABELLED Public hospitals in Brazil are under capacity for adenotonsillectomies, resulting in a growing waiting line. Otolaryngologists are used to these lines, since they understand that this problem is under govern responsibility. For this reason we believe that joint aid efforts to carry out adenotonsillectomies are justified. AIM To standardize the organization of adenotonsillectomies i...

The place of surgery and interventional radiology in the management delayed (> 24 h) hemorrhage (DHR) complicating supramesocolic is still to define. aim study was evaluate outcomes DHR using a combined multimodal strategy. Between 2005 2019, 57 patients (median age 64 years) experienced 86 episodes after pancreatic resection (n = 26), liver transplantation 24) other 7). Hemodynamically stable ...