AUSTIN -- One of the most common and yet painful oral surgeries is a tonsillectomy. Now a new device is allowing doctors to greatly minimize the discomfort and the downtime. Austin resident Evie Ellis ...
Scientists say tonsil removal is both clinically and cost effective for adults who get recurrent severe sore throats. The biggest study of its kind, carried out by Newcastle University, revealed that ...
Tonsillectomy in adults is a safe procedure, showing low rates of mortality and complications, according to new research published online January 30 in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. "Adult ...
Background and objective: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are effective analgesics but their use during tonsillectomy is controversial because of the risk of postoperative bleeding. The aim of ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 4-year-old son has had many episodes of painful sore throats, and his doctor recommended that his tonsils be removed. Why do kids have more trouble with their tonsils? Is there a ...
Editor's note: This article orginially appeared on the UNC Health Talk blog. In the 1960s and early 1970s, it was practically a rite of passage: School-age children in the U.S. routinely had their ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy) are at increased risk for becoming ...
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