Abstract:cal code EWE00), and (adeno)tonsillectomy rates, age, gender, duration of stay, and time of onset of re-bleeding. RESULTS: One patient per 200 tonsillectomies was hospitalized and diagnosed with post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage during the six-year study period. Corresponding figure for re-operations requiring general anesthetics was less than 1 per 1,000 tonsillectomies. The latter group ranged from 8% (2003) to 36% (2000) of all re-hospitalized patients during the study period. The incidence of tonsillectomies i… Show more
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