A comparison of the incidence of post operative bleeding between electric cauterization and suture ligation tonsillectomies.
Two-thousand one-hundred tonsillectomies performed from January 1980 to December 1995 by otolaryngologists at Pramongkutklao General Hospital were reviewed. The Dissection-Tyding snare technique was used and hemostasis completed by electric cautery in 690 cases, by suture ligature in 720 cases, by gauze packing alone as a control in 600 cases respectively. It can be concluded that the use of suture ligature offers an efficient and practical method to reduce the incidence of primary tonsillectomies bleeding.
Pramongkutklao Hospital, Royal Thai Army, Bangkok, Thailand.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000592:standards; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data