OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to compare post-operative visits for upper respiratory infections (URIs) between tonsillectomy and non-tonsillectomy participants (controls). METHODS Using the national cohort study from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, 1:4 matched (age, sex, income, region, and pre-operative URI visit) tonsillectomy participants (5,831) and...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures performed by ear, nose, and throat surgeon.  usually, the procedure is carried out as an inpatient surgery. with the increasing need to reduce healthcare costs, spare precious hospital beds, and shorten elective surgery lists, there is currently a trend towards performing tonsillectomy on a daycare basis.  materials and methods: a...

we aimed to investigate the correlation of tonsillectomy with palatine tonsil size and to compare the differences of tonsil size and the need for surgery in children and adults. also we can predict the outcome of tonsillectomy. we measured tonsil sizes in (height and width) in 150 children and 35 adults with hypertrophy of palatine tonsils and we measured the mass of tonsils and then the data a...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Tonsillectomy is related to increased risk of certain types of cancer. This study evaluates the possible association between tonsillectomy and cancer in Taiwan. METHODS Data from the National Health Insurance system of Taiwan was used. A cohort study consisting of 997 patients with a new diagnosis of tonsillectomy from 2000 to 2005 and a comparison cohort of 3,988 subjec...

Abstract Introduction Tonsillectomies are one of the most commonly performed procedures., with particular leading tertiary paediatric centre performing 1,067 tonsillectomies within last year. Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage is a considerable complication to further primary care costs, readmission, and surgical intervention. Previous national audits have suggested that post-tonsillectomy rates be...

The patient was treated with primary chemoradiation. Six months following the completion of treatment, he was found to have fullness of the right tonsillar fossa. A right tonsillectomy for biopsy purposes revealed squamous cell carcinoma. A composite resection of the right oropharynx with neck dissection and fibular free-flap reconstruction was performed. Metastatic lymph nodes were not found i...

5 LIST OF ORIGINAL PAPERS 6 ABBREVIATIONS 9 DESCRIPTION OF CONTRIBUTION 0 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND 3 Historical Background 3 Anatomical Background 3 Health before surgery 5 Tonsillitis 5 Obstruction 5 Consequences 6 Well-being in the context of surgery 7 Preoperative Anxiety 7 Preoperative preparation 8 Anaesthesia 9 Surgical techniques for tonsil surgery 20 Tonsillectomy/TE 20 Tonsillotomy/TT 2...

Background: Day-case tonsillectomy is becoming popular with varying patients’ satisfaction. Whether day-case or overnight safe and preferred by patients has been debatable among otorhinolaryngologists. To date, majority of otorhinolaryngologists in Tanzania are practicing unlike what being practiced other parts the world. There scarce literature regarding whether surgical option patients.Object...

<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adenotonsillectomy is one of the widely performed surgical procedures in children worldwide, but there continues to be no universally accepted “ideal” method tonsillectomy. This study aimed compare outcome coblation adenotonsillectomy versus microdebrider adenoidectomy with bipolar tonsillectomy terms efficacy and complication rate.</p>&lt...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to longitudinally describe the history of tonsil surgery in Swedish children and adolescents regarding incidence, indications for surgery, surgical methods and the age and gender distributions. SETTING A retrospective longitudinal population-based cohort study based on register data from the Swedish National Patient Register (NPR) and population data...