Tonsillectomy may benefit adults who have more than 3 incidences of severe sore throat per year, according to a study published online April 2 in CMAJ. Timo Koskenkorva, MD, from the Department of ...

Within hours of having her tonsils out last February, Zelda Williams was home eating noodles by the bowlful. The then 3-year-old had a new kind of tonsil surgery, called intracapsular tonsillectomy, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults have a high rate of complications after getting their tonsils removed, so plan ...

January 3, 2011 — The prevalence of tonsillectomy, the associated morbidity, and the availability of hundreds of randomized clinical trials evaluating associated interventions create a pressing need ...

Commonly prescribed codeine given to kids after surgery could be deadly, the Food and Drug Administration warns. The FDA says kids who are given codeine for pain relief following procedures to remove ...

Tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures and is characteristic for pediatric patients. Although the procedure was once performed by general surgeons and even family ...

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 ...

Background: Limited evidence exists as to the benefit of tonsillectomy in adult patients. We sought to determine the short-term efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent pharyngitis in adults. Methods: ...

Tonsillectomy is a commonly performed surgical procedure that involves removal of the palatine tonsils. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between previous tonsillectomy and odds ...

Tonsillectomy is the most common major surgical procedure performed in children. Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy), with or without the removal of their ...

They are meant to help fight off infections, but sometimes your tonsils can wind up infected themselves. Typically that leads to a sore throat, and if the problem persists your kids may need their ...