2011
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215111002957
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Paediatric day-case tonsillectomy: a three-year prospective audit spiral in a district hospital

Abstract: For a well selected group of children, day-case tonsillectomy in a district hospital setting is a safe and efficient alternative to an in-patient stay. A dedicated day-case team, good anaesthetic technique, adequate post-operative analgesia and on-site paediatric in-patient facilities are essential.

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“…As all these patients returned after the in-patient time period, they would not have benefited from being treated as an inpatient as they would have already been discharged. The rate of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage in the literature varies from 3% to 7%; 5,6,7 the majority occurring during the first 8 h of the post-operative period. 7 The RHSC financial department quoted the cost of day case surgery to be £1111 cheaper than in-patient surgery.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…As all these patients returned after the in-patient time period, they would not have benefited from being treated as an inpatient as they would have already been discharged. The rate of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage in the literature varies from 3% to 7%; 5,6,7 the majority occurring during the first 8 h of the post-operative period. 7 The RHSC financial department quoted the cost of day case surgery to be £1111 cheaper than in-patient surgery.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[1,7] Tonsillektomi sonrası kanamalar, erişkinlerde çocuklardan daha sık görülmek-tedir. [6,[8][9][10] Bizim 1437 olguluk serimizde ameliyat sonrası kanama oranı pediatrik grupta %0.8, erişkin grupta %12.2 ve toplamda %1.8 olarak hesaplanmış olup literatürde belirtilen sınırlar içerisindedir. Çalışmamızda, ameliyat sonrası kanaması olan tüm hastalar (n=40) ele alındı-ğında, erişkin ve 5-16 yaş grubundaki hastalar sayıca birbirine yakın, klinik serimizde yer alan 26 hasta ele alındığında ise en fazla kanama >16 yaş grubunda izlendi.…”
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“…[10,15] Çalışmamızda elde edilen verilere göre primer kanamalar ilk on saat içerisinde görüldü ve her yaş grubundan hastayı içermekteydi.…”
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“…Adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy are two of the many procedures which have been shown to be safe, owing to their low complication rate and swift recovery time . Our unit currently operates a 4‐h minimum observation period following adenoidectomy.…”
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