Hofman Rutger, Zeebregts Clark J, Dikkers Frederik G
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
J Laryngol Otol. 2005 Aug;119(8):655-7. doi: 10.1258/0022215054516269.
Haemorrhage, throat pain and otalgia are common complications following tonsillectomy. Haemorrhage is rarely life-threatening but in this paper we describe a fulminant secondary haemorrhage due to an aberrant external carotid artery in an eight-year-old boy. Acute surgical intervention with ligation of the external carotid artery was needed to control the bleeding.