Tonsillectomy is a surgery to remove the tonsils, lymphatic organs in the throat that protect your body from infection. Healthcare providers may consider removing the tonsils in the following ...

This nerve also supplies to certain parts of the ear, which would explain why patients complain of ear pain after tonsillectomy. The adenoids are lymphoid tissue at the back of the nose in the ...

Operation is performed in the hospital by a specialist Ear Nose and Throat surgeon (Otolaryngologist). The operation is done through the patient's mouth, and the tongue is kept depressed with a ...

Background and objective: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are effective analgesics but their use during tonsillectomy is controversial because of the risk of postoperative bleeding.

I always loved singing, but I quit due to difficulty in school and a tonsillectomy. I started smoking and drinking more. Then, I got sober, and quit smoking not long after. I got back in touch ...

For children with mild sleep disordered breathing (SDB), adenotonsillectomy is associated with reduced all-cause health care utilization.

EARLIEST man cut upon the flesh and bone of his fellows in a crudely surgical fashion. Surgery is almost universally practiced in primitive tribal cultures, where its performance is only rarely ...

When our granddaughter was scheduled to have her tonsillectomy, I commented to my husband Tim that I still had my tonsils. Tim said he had his tonsils removed when he was a kid. Later that day, ...

However, recent trials showed that pain after tonsillectomy is significant and persists relatively unchanged for the first 5-7 days. [1,2,11,12,13] Moreover, post-tonsillectomy pain lasts on ...