title: Endovascular treatment of hemorrhage after tonsillectomy in children.
abstract: Endovascular therapy for hemorrhage after tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy is an important adjunct to the definitive treatment of this life-threatening occurrence. We report two cases of hemorrhage after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy and describe the endovascular management of this complication in children.
authors: Department of Radiological Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA .
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Opatowsky
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Browne
authors: W F
authors: WF
authors: McGuirt
authors: P P
authors: PP
authors: Morris
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000098:blood supply; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000098:blood supply; D010614:Pharynx / Q000098:blood supply; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014068:Tonsillectomy