Research Article
Does Microscope Assistance in Cold Steel Tonsillectomy Reduce the Risk of Postoperative Hemorrhage? Results of a Prospective Cohort Study
Table 4
Rates of posttonsillectomy hemorrhage (PTH), displayed by the professional experience of the surgeons.
| Surgeon’s
PE |
= 686 |
= 183 | All cases
= 869 |
| | res | 1 (1) | 100% | 0 | 0% | 1 (1) | 100% | | res | 0 | 0% | 0 (9) | 0% | 0 (9) | 0% | | res | 0 | 0% | 0 (11) | 0% | 0 (11) | 0% | | res | 14 (263) | 5.3% | 2 (30) | 6.7% | 16 (293) | 5.5% | | res | 2 (83) | 2.4% | 2 (31) | 6.5% | 4 (114) | 3.5% | | res | 3 (134) | 2.2% | 1 (18) | 5.6% | 4 (152) | 2.6% |
| | con | 4 (26) | 15.4% | 0 (2) | 0% | 4 (28) | 14.3% | | con | 0 | 0% | 0 (3) | 0% | 0 (3) | 0% | | con | 1 (26) | 3.8% | 0 (0) | 0% | 1 (26) | 3.8% | | con | 6 (49) | 12.2% | 2 (18) | 11.1% | 8 (67) | 11.9% | | con | 6 (76) | 7.9% | 1 (29) | 3.4% | 7 (105) | 6.7% | | con | 3 (28) | 10.7% | 1 (32) | 3.1% | 4 (60) | 6.7% |
| | Total | 40 (686) | 4.6% | 9 (183) | 4.9% | 49 (869) | 5.6% |
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PE: professional experience; res: resident; con: consultant; numbers in italics: low volumes.
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