3. Results
intraoperative blood loss, Failure of haemostasis, 688.57, postadenoidectomy haemorrhage, bipolar electrocautery
INTRAOPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS
A Welch Two-Sample Analysing patients’ ages, distributions are similar between the two groups: the mean age in group A was 4.91 years (1–14 years) and in group B was 4.87 years (1–11 years). The difference was not statistically significant (The mean operative time (duration of the adenoidectomy procedure) in group A (continuous suctioning group) was 11.48 min (688.57 s) (with variations between 5.57–22.49 min), while in group B it was 14.49 min (869.72 s) (with variations between 5.10 and 24.14 min). The difference was statistically significant (The average haemostasis times were 8.67 min (520.54 s) in the A group (continuous suctioning group) (range between 3.44 and 13.00 min) and 10.97 min (658.06 s) respectively in group B (range between 2.17 and 23.29 min). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (A graphical representation of surgery duration with haemostasis, with continuous suctioning, and without suctioning is found in The assessment of quantitative intraoperative blood loss by recording the number of cotton packings used showed an average of 6.04 for group A patients and 8.68, respectively, for group B patients. The difference was statistically significant (Failure of haemostasis and the need for bipolar electrocautery application to the nasopharynx occurred in 4 patients in group A (4 out of 70 patients) and in 22 patients in group B (22 out of the total 70 patients). The difference was statistically significant (Early postadenoidectomy haemorrhage (occurring in the first 24 h after adenoidectomy) was noted in 3 cases in group A and in 2 cases in group B. This difference between groups was not statistically significant (X-squared = 0, df = 1, The structure of the two groups of patients and the results of our study are summarised in 