POST-TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOTONSILLECTOMY MORBIDITY & COMPLICATIONS AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTER HOSPITAL DAGGAR

Authors

  • ZAKIR ULLAH

Abstract

Background: Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy is one of the commonly performed operation in ENT practice. Morbidity &
complications associated with tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy include severe otalgia, pyrexia, odynophagia and
haemorrhage Methods: A prospective study was undertaken from April 1996 to April 2001 to report the experience regarding
postoperative morbidity' complications in tonsillectomy and or adenotonsillectomy. A total of 1500 patients undergoing
tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy, for chronic-recurrent tonsillitis or adenotonsillar hypertrophy were included. These patients
received antibiotic in the form of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid and non-salicylate analgesics for 7 days postoperatively. 100
patients were lost to follow up Results: Seventy' percent of patients were female and thirty percent males with maximum number
of patients between the age of 11-22 years. Postoperative complications developed in 25 out of 1400 patients. 14 of them developed
post-operative bleeding and 9 developed postoperative infection. Conclusions: It was found that postoperative morbidity
complications were less in this study with regard to secondary haemorrhage, operative site infection, intensity &. duration of
postoperative pain, postoperative pyrexia and time for return to normal activities.

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ULLAH, Z. (2001). POST-TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOTONSILLECTOMY MORBIDITY & COMPLICATIONS AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTER HOSPITAL DAGGAR. Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, 13(3), 4–6. Retrieved from https://www.jamc.ayubmed.edu.pk/jamc/index.php/jamc/article/view/4880