Courtesy of WVU Today WVU School of Medicine resident Habib Zalzal (third from right) talks with Hassan Ramadan, chair of WVU’s Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (fourth from right), and other members of his research team. The team’s research suggests that tonsillectomy patients can often be discharged sooner than hospital-mandated timeframes may require. The project earned Zalzal the G. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh Research Award for the southern region of the Triological Society.
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Courtesy of WVU Today WVU School of Medicine resident Habib Zalzal (third from right) talks with Hassan Ramadan, chair of WVU’s Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (fourth from right), and other members of his research team. The team’s research suggests that tonsillectomy patients can often be discharged sooner than hospital-mandated timeframes may require. The project earned Zalzal the G. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh Research Award for the southern region of the Triological Society.
After having their tonsils removed, patients often can't leave the hospital for six hours, even if they bounce back from surgery sooner. Hospital policy commonly mandates a six-hour recovery time. But research led by Habib Zalzal, a resident in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, suggests that not all tonsillectomy patients have to wait that long.
