• Beata Zielnik-Jurkiewicz and Magdalena Rakowska.
• Oddział Otolaryngologiczny, SZPZOZ im. prof. J. Bogdanowicza w Warszawie.
• Otolaryngol Pol. 2005 Jan 1; 59 (1): 71-6.

AbstractHypertophy of pharyngeal tonsil and palatine tonsils is the most common cause of nasal obstruction in children. When the obstruction of the nasopharynx causes recurrent infections of upper respiratory tract, chronic otitis media secretoria or sleep apnoea, then adenoidectomy with or without tonsillectomy is indicated. The purpose of the study was analysis of postoperative hemorrhage after adenoidectomy with or without tonsillectomy. The influent of frequent infections of upper respiratory tract, disorders of blood clotting, chronic diseases, seasons of the year, operation time and general anesthesia on postoperative hemorrhage was estimated. A group of 1184 children after adenoidectomy with or without tonsillectomy was studied. Postoperative hemorrhage occurred in 59 children (4.98%). Early bleeding was frequently occurred after adenotonsillectomy and late bleeding after adenoidectomy. There was relationship between the time of general anesthesia and incidences of postoperative bleeding. Food or inhalation allergy, recurrent infections of upper respiratory tract and male sex are risk factors of postoperative hemorrhage after adenoidectomy with or without tonsillectomy.

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