Journal Reviews

Do tonsillotomies have a higher revision rate than tonsillectomies?

1 January 2017 | | Regrowth, Reoperation, Tonsil surgery, Tonsillectomy, Tonsillotomy

Tonsillotomies have gained popular acceptance in children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in recent years. Short-term advantages that have been shown in the literature include lower haemorrhage rates, shorter operation times and less pain. Evidence for long-term effects are sparse due...

Risk factors for post tonsillectomy bleeds

1 November 2014 | | Skull Base Surgery, Head and Neck | Bleeding, Postoperative hemorrhage, Reoperation, Tonsillectomy

This paper reviews post-tonsillectomy bleeding in 692 patients and attempts to tease out risk factors. The overall bleed rate of 11.6% seems very high. The return to theatre rate was 2.6%. The paper identifies male patients and adult patients as...