The maximum hospitals stay for this operation is about 8 to 10 hrs, or till the patients recover from anesthesia. Infact some patients even prefer to undergo the operation as an outpatient, but some ...

Following tonsillectomy, eating soft foods may help soothe your throat. But it’s important to drink plenty of liquids and return to your typical diet as soon as possible. Tonsillectomy is one of the ...

A tonsillectomy is surgery to remove the palatine tonsils on either side of the throat. An adenoidectomy removes the adenoid glands at the back of the throat behind the nose. Tonsillectomy and ...

Tonsillectomies are among the most common medical procedures that children undergo. A recent article from the National Institutes of Health estimates more than 500,000 tonsillectomies are performed on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...