Post-tonsillectomy bleeding: The effect of surgical experience

Talih Özdaş, Nuray Bayar Muluk, Vedat Delibaş, Mustafa Çağrı Derici, Sanem Okşan Erkan, Birgül Tuhanioğlu, Orhan Görgülü, Osman Kürşat Arıkan

Volume 6 · Issue 2 · pp. 199–203

Published: 2023-08-31

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to discuss and investigate the relationship between the surgeon's experience and post-tonsillectomy bleeding (PTB) in the light of the literature. Methods: The retrospective data was obtained from 280 patients who underwent tonsillectomy (32 PTB and 248 no-PTB) operated by residents or consultant surgeons. Results: The overall bleeding rate after tonsillectomy was 11.43% (32/280). The bleeding rate was 14.3% in the

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