caa a22 4500 606184902 CHVBK 20210128100829.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3312-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3312-z Mortality after tonsil surgery, a population study, covering eight years and 82,527 operations in Sweden [Elektronische Daten] [Eirik Østvoll, Ola Sunnergren, Elisabeth Ericsson, Claes Hemlin, Elisabeth Hultcrantz, Erik Odhagen, Joacim Stalfors] The objective of this retrospective cohortstudy was to evaluate mortality rate and cause of death after tonsil surgery in Sweden. Two national registries were used, both run by The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, an agency of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. In the National Patient register all tonsil surgeries performed in Sweden from 2004 through 2011 were identified. The result from this search was matched with the National Cause of Death Register to identify all deaths that occurred within 30days of tonsil surgery. Personal identity numbers were used to do the matching of registers. Details on the cause of death were obtained from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. Two deaths were identified in 82,527 operations. Both patients were male, otherwise healthy, children under the age of five, operated due to tonsil-related upper airway obstruction/snoring with coblation technique. Cause of death was bleeding-related airway obstruction in both cases and hemodynamic failure caused by blood loss. Both deaths occurred after discharge from the hospital within the first postoperative week. No abnormal levels of analgesics were found in the postmortal investigations. Two deaths related to tonsil surgery (performed on benign indications) were identified in 82,527 operations (2004-2011) in a well-defined national population. Both deaths were due to postoperative bleeding. Based on our findings, the frequency of post-tonsil-surgery mortality in Sweden was 1/41,263, 2004-2011. Level of evidence 2b retrospective cohort study. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Tonsillectomy nationallicence Adenotonsillectomy nationallicence Tonsillotomy nationallicence Tonsil surgery nationallicence Bleeding nationallicence Mortality nationallicence Østvoll Eirik Ear-, Nose- and Throat Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gröna stråket 5, 413 45, Göteburg, Sweden aut Sunnergren Ola Ear-, Nose- and Throat Clinic, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden aut Ericsson Elisabeth School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden aut Hemlin Claes ENT Department, Aleris Specialists Care Center/Surgical Center, Sabbatsberg, Stockholm, Sweden aut Hultcrantz Elisabeth Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden aut Odhagen Erik Ear-, Nose- and Throat Clinic, Södra Älvsborgs Hospital, Institute of Clinical Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Borås, Sweden aut Stalfors Joacim Ear-, Nose- and Throat Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gröna stråket 5, 413 45, Göteburg, Sweden aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/3(2015-03-01), 737-743 0937-4477 272:3<737 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3312-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3312-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Østvoll Eirik Ear-, Nose- and Throat Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gröna stråket 5, 413 45, Göteburg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sunnergren Ola Ear-, Nose- and Throat Clinic, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ericsson Elisabeth School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hemlin Claes ENT Department, Aleris Specialists Care Center/Surgical Center, Sabbatsberg, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hultcrantz Elisabeth Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Odhagen Erik Ear-, Nose- and Throat Clinic, Södra Älvsborgs Hospital, Institute of Clinical Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Borås, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stalfors Joacim Ear-, Nose- and Throat Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gröna stråket 5, 413 45, Göteburg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/3(2015-03-01), 737-743 0937-4477 272:3<737 2015 272 405