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DOES ANTICOAGULANT THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS INCREASE BLEEDING COMPLICATIONS IN SPINAL SURGERY AND SPINAL CORD INJURY? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Anh TV Nguyen; Sonia Tran BMed; Thamer A Hamdan; Robin Turner; Ahmed Ramadan Sadek; Darren Lui; Alexander S Montgomery

Volume 26, Issue 1 , June 2020, , Page 9-20

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2020.165459

Abstract
  This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis. The routine use of anticoagulants for the prevention of venothromboembolism in spinal patients is controversial and the risk benefit analysis is poorly described. The objective of this study is to collate the current evidence and quantify the risk ...  Read More ...

THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF TONSILLAR FOSSA CLOSURE AFTER TONSILLECTOMY; A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Muhanned M Al-Ali; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi; Haider Sabri Hashim; Haider K Saeed; Ali M Altaie

Volume 26, Issue 1 , June 2020, , Page 32-37

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2020.165463

Abstract
  The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of tonsillar fossa closure after tonsillectomy on the amount of intra-operative blood loss, post-operative pain and bleeding.  Sixty patients enrolled in this single blind case control study held at Basrah Teaching Hospital in the period from ...  Read More ...

ASSESSMENT OF PAIN AND BLEEDING IN THE FIRST POSTOPERATIVE DAY FOLLOWING COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY

Rafid Yaseen Jabbar Almaidi

Volume 26, Issue 1 , June 2020, , Page 65-68

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2020.165490

Abstract
  There are different techniques for tonsillectomy other than traditional such as; cold steel technique, bipolar diathermy, and nowadays the new plasma technology which is known as coblation (controlled ablation) tonsillectomy. This study aimed to assess the first 24 hours postoperative pain and bleeding ...  Read More ...