Table 6

The table demonstrates the use of warm, cold surgical and haemostatic techniques for tonsillectomy (TE) and tonsillotomy (TT)

TE/TEATT/TTA
SwedenNorwayDenmarkSwedenNorwayDenmark
N=11 304N=8 748N=421N=9 453N=1 546N=79
Cold dissection/cold haemostasis2551 (22.7%)908 (10.4%)26 (6.2%)478 (5.1%)32 (2.1%)2 (2.5%)
Cold dissection/warm haemostasis7284 (64.4%)4609 (52.7%)360 (85.5%)317 (3.4%)205 (13.3%)0
Warm dissection1381 (12.2%)3228 (36.9%)25 (5.9%)8563 (90.6%)1271 (82.2%)64 (81.0%)
Other combination78 (0.7%)310 (2.4%)95 (1%)38 (2.5%)13 (16.5%)