Post-tonsillectomy bacteraemia in children

The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
R M WalshP S Wilson

Abstract

It has been postulated that the bacteraemia rate following guillotine tonsillectomy is lower than that following dissection tonsillectomy due to intra-operative compression of tonsillar blood vessels by the guillotine. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of bacteraemia following dissection and guillotine tonsillectomy. Sixty-four patients undergoing elective tonsillectomy for recurrent acute tonsillitis were randomly selected, 32 underwent dissection tonsillectomy and 32 guillotine tonsillectomy. Positive intra-operative blood cultures were obtained in 16 patients (25 per cent), nine (28.1 per cent) of the dissection group and seven (21.8 per cent) of the guillotine group. There was no significant difference between the two methods (Chi-squared test, p = 0.77).

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