Day Case Tonsillectomy in Children

Authors

  • Ahmed Humadi Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Surgical specializations Hospital

Keywords:

Day case, Tonsillectomy, Children

Abstract

Background: Day case surgery has become widely accepted as a safe alternative to the inpatient care in up to 70% of the cases at a children’s hospital. It has the advantage of minimizing the psychological trauma of hospitalization, decreasing nosocomial infection, less costly and frees up hospital beds.Objectives: To assess the advantages and disadvantages of this type of surgery.Methods: this is a prospective study, in which two hundred thirty childhood tonsillectomies were performed as a day-case in the department of otolaryngology at Al Shaheed Gazi hospital, Medical City Complex during the period from October 2009 to September 2010. The patients age range from 3-12 years (Mean 7.2 years).Results: 46.08% males and 53.91% females were included. A total of two hundred twenty three patients were discharged home six hours after the operation. It's found that the incidence of reactionary hemorrhage was 0.8% and the cases presented within 5 hours after leaving the theater. In 99.2% of cases, there was no evidence of serious reactionary hemorrhage.Conclusions: day case tonsillectomy in children is likely to be safe if the patients are discharged after 6 hours period of postoperative observation in day-case unit.

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Published

2013-06-30

How to Cite

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Humadi A. Day Case Tonsillectomy in Children. Al-Kindy Col. Med. J [Internet]. 2013 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];9(2):57-60. Available from: https://jkmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/MEDICAL/article/view/530

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