Tonsillar Surgery Complications Clinical Trial
Official title:
Developing a Prospective Registry for Complications in Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery: Tonsil Surgery as a Pilot Cohort
Our aim was to establish a feasible method to prospectively register all tonsil surgery-related complications and to find their possible predictive factors. Our long-term objective is to create a surgical complication registration database, which would provide valuable information for quality assurance and give us a benchmarking tool to improve the results of this surgery in our department.
In a six-month period all patients undergoing tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy with or without
adenoidectomy were assessed for enrolment. Demographic and clinical data were recorded
prospectively in a database which included 57 variables, such as age, gender,
co-morbidities, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status
Classification, indication for surgery, educational level of surgeon (consultant vs.
resident), surgical technique, duration of operation and length of hospital stay.
After the operation, all patients were given instructions to contact our emergency
department (ED) if experiencing any adverse event. Incidents of postoperative complications
were recorded during the post-surgical visits to the ED. Only complications warranting a
visit to the outpatient department or hospital admission were registered.
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective