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Deaths after tonsillectomy

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Submitted by Sundaram V Anand on Tue, 04/29/2014 - 11:02
Did you have any post operative deaths after tonsillectomy, although it is rare complication- anaesthetic deaths from chloroform has been known to occur, heamorrhage in the post op period with aspiration into trachea has been a cause for death in rare cases.
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