研究发现成人和小孩扁桃体切除一样安全(转载)

Study Finds Tonsillectomy Just as Safe for Adults as Kids(研究发现成人和小孩扁桃体切除一样安全)

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new study offers reassurance for adults who need to have their tonsils removed -- the procedure has low complication and low death rates.(一项新的研究确证需要切除扁桃体的成人--该方法并发症低和低死亡率)

Tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) is a common type of surgery, but there is little information about the safety of the operation in adults, the researchers noted.(扁桃体切除是一种常见类型的外科手术，但是有关其在成人中手术安全性的信息知之甚少。)

The new study was published online Jan. 30 in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.(美国医学会耳鼻咽喉头颈外科出版了该项新的研究。)

Researchers analyzed data from more than 5,900 U.S. adults who underwent tonsillectomy between 2005 and 2011. Of these patients, 1.2 percent had complications, 3.2 percent required another operation, and 0.03 percent died within 30 days after surgery, according to a journal news release.(研究人员分析了5900多名扁桃体切除术成人的资料，结果发现约1.2%有并发症，3.2%需要再次手术，0.03%在术后30天死亡。)

The most common complications were pneumonia (27 percent of complications), urinary tract infections (27 percent) and surgical site infections (16 percent).(最常见的并发症是肺炎，尿道感染，和手术部位感染)

The findings show that the rates of complications and death among adults who undergo tonsillectomy is low and similar to that of children who have the surgery, concluded Michelle Chen, of the Yale University School of Medicine, and colleagues.

(结果显示扁桃体切除术并发症和死亡率低，与儿童中的相似。)

SOURCE: JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery, news release, Jan. 30, 2014

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