Case Report

Life threatening late hemorrhage after tonsillectomy: a case report and review of the literature

  • Mustafa Süren
  • Ziya Kaya
  • Levent Gürbüzler
  • Sema Koç
  • Mehtap Okyay

Received Date: 22.04.2010 Accepted Date: 28.09.2010 Gulhane Med J 2011;53(1):60-62

Although tonsillectomy is a minor surgical intervention, life threatening complications rarely may associate it. Hemorrage following tonsillectomy is seen more often in adults than pediatric population. In this case report the successful anesthesiological and surgical management of a patient who was taken to surgery for bleeding control on the 10th day after tonsillectomy is presented and discussed reviewing the literature.

Keywords: Secondary hemorrhage, tonsillectomy, awake extubation