Endovascular treatment of hemorrhage after tonsillectomy in children.
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.
Opatowsky
M J
MJ
Department of Radiological Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA .
Browne
J D
JD
McGuirt
W F
WF
Morris
P P
PP
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