Comparison of clinical practice of tonsil surgery from quality register data from Sweden and Norway and one clinic in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the application of indications, demographics, surgical and haemostatic techniques in tonsil surgery in three countries.

Design

Non-randomised, prospective, observational cohort.

Setting

All patients registered in the National Tonsil Surgery Quality Registers in Sweden, Norway and West Jutland, Denmark.

Participants

Data were retrieved from 2017 to 2019; registered surgeries: Sweden: 20 833; Norway: 10 294 and West Jutland, Denmark: 505.

Results

Tonsil surgery for obstruction was twice as common in Sweden (62.2%) compared with Norway (31%) and Denmark (27.7%). Recurrent tonsillitis was registered twice as frequently in Norway (35.7%) and Denmark (39%) compared with Sweden (16.7%). Chronic tonsillitis was registered more frequently in

SUBMITTER: Stalfors J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9047789 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature