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 ...

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 ...

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

Presented at the annual meeting of the Four Western County Districts of the Massachusetts Medical Society, September 19, 1934, held at the Holyoke Hospital, Holyoke, Massachusetts. Hunt, George P ...

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 ...

The Herald reported yesterday that a 6-year-boy died following complications from a tonsillectomy at a Southern Cross hospital last week. After being discharged home, the boy had complained of a ...

Parker Stewart was a 21-year-old newlywed in 2016 when he died in his sleep three days after a routine tonsillectomy. He had been prescribed an opioid to help manage his post-operation pain and ...

NICE has been notified about this procedure and it is part of its work programme. The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee (IPAC) will consider this procedure and NICE will issue an ...

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 ...