title: Post-operative haemorrhage in tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children.
abstract: A second anaesthetic for bleeding after adeno-tonsillectomy in children represents a significant hazard. The true incidence of this complication is assessed for over 20,000 operations. The incidence of bleeding after adeno-tonsillectomy was found to be the sum of bleeding post-adenoidectomy and post-tonsillectomy. Bleeding post-adenoidectomy is at least as common as post-tonsillectomy and both occur most frequently within 12 hours of operation. No reason for the bleeding occurring in these particular patients could be found.
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012306:Risk; D014068:Tonsillectomy