“…Kendrick and Gibbin [12] report a major hemorrhage incidence of 0.7% (n = 413). Although day stay tonsillectomy remains controversial in parts of Europe [11][12][13][14][15][16], experience has been gained in North America [7,8,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Literature reviews suggest primary hemorrhage rates of 1-3% and secondary hemorrhage rates of 0.15-6.4% [26,27] Most series are small and depend on the definition of hemorrhage [28,29].…”