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.
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Pramongkutklao Hospital, Royal Thai Army, Bangkok, Thailand.
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