Safety of outpatient admission and comparison of different surgical techniques in adult tonsillectomy.
Mehmet Eser SancaktarMehmet ÇelebiMahmut YıldırımErkan CanGökhan Akgülİbrahim AğrıAsude ÜnalFatih YılmazPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2019)
Adult tonsillectomy is a safe surgical procedure with low complication, re-operation and mortality rates. Significantly increased rates of elongated LOS values for more than 1 day and re-admissions after discharge were determined in those patients having complications in the first 24 h postoperatively. Cold dissection seems to be more advisable than hot techniques for outpatient tonsillectomy among adult patients.