作者
Samuel CL Leong, Peter D Karkos, Sotirios M Papouliakos, Maria T Apostolidou
发表日期
2007/11/1
来源
American journal of otolaryngology
卷号
28
期号
6
页码范围
419-422
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
AIMS
Common complications of tonsillectomy are well recognized and are frequently explained to patients during the process of informed consent. This systematic review serves as a reminder of the unusual complications of this routine procedure.
METHODS
Studies were located using systematic searches in Medline, Embase, Cinahl, and the Cochrane Library electronic databases, together with hand searching of key texts, references, and reviews relevant to the field. Keywords used included the terms tonsillectomy, complications, unusual, and rare. References from the relevant articles were also searched for.
INCLUSION CRITERIA
The review was limited to English-language articles. Because of the low incidence of these complications, all cases were included regardless of age.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA
Complications of tonsillectomy in children with various syndromes were excluded.
RESULTS
Based on our …
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