Self-Reported Complications after Tonsillectomy: Comparison of Responders and Nonresponders to a Mailed Questionnaire

Table 4

Comparison of postoperative complication rates in recent studies by age group and for the total sample.

Outcome study	Pediatric sample	Adult sample	Total sample
% of patients contacting a HCP for secondary bleeding
Current study	5.1	12.0	7.9
Harounian et al. [12]	2.8
Elinder et al. [3]	7.5
Lowe et al. [13]			3.5
Mueller et al. [14]			7.0
Søderman et al. [1]			9.4
Sarny et al. [6]			24.6
Seshamani et al. [15]		6.3
% of patients readmitted for secondary bleeding
Current study	1.5	5.1	4.6
Mueller et al. [14]			4.0
Hallenstål et al. [2]	2.7		5.1
Elinder et al. [3]	5.9
Battacharyya [9]		5.1
% of patients operated for secondary bleeding
Current study	1.5	4.1	2.6
Mueller et al. [14]	2.0		5.0
Elinder et al. [3]	3.3
Hallenstål et al. [2]			1.7
Søderman et al. [1]			2.7
Sarny et al. [6]			4.7
Brant et al. [7]		3.6
% of patients contacting a HCP for pain
Our study	10.0	23.6	15.5
Hallenstål et al. [2]	11.2	31.5	16.8
Elinder et al. [3]	20.4
Shay et al. [10]	29.6
Bhattacharyya [9]		2.8
Seshamani et al. [15]		11.0	11.0

HCP = healthcare provider (private practitioner and/or hospital readmission).