2001 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 237-241
This is a retrospective review of 725 tonsillectomies performed under general anesthesia from 1988 to 1997 at Kansai Medical University Hospital. The total incidence of postoperative bleeding was 11 cases (1.5%). Six cases (0.8%) required a second general anesthesia to repair the bleeding. Postoperative bleeding often occurred in cases of habitual angina, in case of patients 11-20 years of age, within 24 hours after the tonsillectomy, or in the left-sided tonsillar fossa. The risks and importance of management after a tonsillectomy, operation. should be fully rearized.
