Medically reviewed by Benjamin F. Asher, MD Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Tonsillectomy is a surgery to remove the tonsils, ...

The cars not only put young patients and their families at ease, but also help medical staff get everyone situated ahead of ...

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

In the US alone, around 300,000 children each year have their tonsils surgically removed to improve breathing while sleeping ...

compared with those who did not undergo tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy surgery. However, the investigators found no difference between groups when measuring for changes in executive function and ...

Here, Genevieve Wells, an A-level student, tells us about her laser vaporisation tonsillectomy, and her surgeon explains the procedure. From an early age, I had distorted tonsils and very bad sore ...

Scientists Guangxi Medical University in China and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden analyzed data on over a million people held in a Swedish health registry, finding that a tonsillectomy was ...