A successful interventional treatment of recurrent bleeding after tonsil surgery in children.
10.13201/j.issn.2096-7993.2025.03.017
- Author:
Yuan ZHAO
1
;
Jing ZHU
1
;
Miao WEI
1
;
Yu ZHAO
1
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery，Xi'an Children's Hospital，Xi'an，710003，China.
- Publication Type:English Abstract
- Keywords:
arteriography;
interventional embolization;
surgical complications;
tonsillectomy
- MeSH:
Humans;
Male;
Child;
Tonsillectomy/adverse effects*;
Postoperative Hemorrhage/therapy*;
Palatine Tonsil/surgery*;
Recurrence
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2025;39(3):272-275
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The patient, a 10-year-old and 4-month-old boy, was admitted to the hospital "with a history of 19 days since tonsil surgery and 11 days of recurrent hematemesis". 19 days ago, bilateral endoscopic tonsil + adenoid plasma melting and bilateral tonsil fossa inferior pole suture were performed in the outer hospital, and recurrent hematemesis occurred 11 days ago, accompanied by transient fatigue and abdominal pain, diagnosis: ①Hematemesis to be investigated: postoperative tonsil bleeding? Upper gastrointestinal bleeding?②Acute moderate hemorrhagic anemia. On the first and third days of admission, the child had two sudden episodes of massive hematemesis, both of which were more than 1 000 mL, with pale lips, fatigue, and hemorrhagic shock. Bleeding was rapid and can terminate spontaneously, and emergency physical examination does not reveal a clear point of bleeding. Bilateral inferior pole sutures in the tonsillar fossa are in place. There were no obvious abnormalities in the emergency digestive endoscopy, no obvious bleeding points were detected in the tonsils and adenoids surgical area, and no obvious abnormalities were found in the neck CT angiography（CTA）. Emergency DSA-guided percutaneous selective external carotid artery intervention was performed, during which about 5 mm contrast agent overflowed at the origin of the facial artery, and a coil was implanted. The child had no active bleeding after the operation, and his life was as usual at 2 months of follow-up.
