Variable | Responders (n = 1037) | Non-responders (n = 954) | p-value |
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Sex, n (%) | |||
Male | 529 (51.0%) | 553 (58.0%) | |
Female, | 508 (49.0%) | 401 (42.0%) | 0.0022 |
Age at surgery, years | |||
Mean (SD) | 11.5 (12.7) | 10.9 (12.2) | 0.27 |
Median (min-max) | 6 (0–79) | 6 (0–81) | |
Indication, n (%) | 0.48 | ||
Snoring | 730 (70.4%) | 702 (73.6%) | |
Recurrent tonsillitis | 149 (14.4%) | 124 (13.0%) | |
Chronic tonsillitis | 81 (7.8%) | 57 (6.0%) | |
Peritonsillitis | 48 (4.6%) | 49 (5.1%) | |
Systemic complications to tonsillitis | 4 (0.4%) | 3 (0.3% | |
Other indication | 25 (2.4%) | 19 (2.0%) | |
Level of care, n (%) | 0.60 | ||
Outpatient surgery | 792 (76.4%) | 738 (77.4%) | |
Inpatient surgery | 245 (23.6%) | 216 (22.6%) | |
Type of surgery, n (%) | 0.19 | ||
Tonsillectomy | 343 (33.1%) | 293 (30.7%) | |
Tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy | 153 (14.8%) | 119 (12.5%) | |
Tonsillotomy | 50 (4.8%) | 50 (5.2%) | |
Tonsillotomy with adenoidectomy | 491 (47.3%) | 492 (51.6%) | |
Complications, n (%) | |||
Contact due to bleeding | 55 (5.3%) | 46 (4.8%) | 0.70 |
Admission due to bleeding | 38 (3.7%) | 35 (3.7%) | 1.00 |
Reoperation due to bleeding | 9 (0.9%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.030 |
Contact due to pain | 94 (9.1%) | 104 (10.9%) | 0.19 |