Abstract
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries performed by otolaryngologists, and is, therefore, unfortunately, sometimes performed by inexperienced otolaryngologists. Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage is occasionally encountered even now as a complication of tonsillectomy. Herein, we studied the risk factors for post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage by analyzing the data of 429 patients who underwent tonsillectomy at our hospital between April 2009 and December 2015. Two patterns of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage were identified; hemorrhage that required hemostasis under general anesthesia (7 patients), and hemorrhage that necessitated delay in discharge of the patient from the hospital (51 patients). On the basis of the results of statistical analysis, we identified use of epinephrine as a risk factor in the hemostasis surgery group, and sex, BMI, and surgery performed without the guidance of an experienced otolaryngologist as risk factors in the delayed discharge group. Considering these risk factors for post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage, it is necessary to customarily operate a better surgery under various opinions.
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