BACKGROUND The internal carotid artery (ICA) is about 2.5 cm away from the tonsils. It has no branches in the cervical portion. ICA anomalies of the neck zone may result in a massive arterial bleeding during pharynx and neck surgery. Due to these anomalies, the surgeon must be aware of this risk during tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and pharyngeal operations.  CASE REPORT A 23-year-old woman who...

BACKGROUND The paradigm of tonsillectomy has shifted from a treatment of recurrent throat infection to one of multi-discipline management modalities of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). While tonsillectomy as a treatment for throat problems has been performed almost exclusively by otorhinolaryngologists, tonsillectomy as a part of the armamentarium for the multifactorial, multidisciplinary ther...

BACKGROUND Rising incidence of oropharyngeal cancers in numerous countries since the 1970s has been attributed to increased oral human papillomavirus (HPV) exposure. However, the contribution of coincidental declines in the surgical removal of the tonsils (tonsillectomy) is unknown. We quantified the association of tonsillectomy with risk of tonsillar, other oropharyngeal, and other head and ne...

OBJECTIVES Tonsillotomy has gained popular acceptance as an alternative to the traditional tonsillectomy in the management of sleep-disordered breathing in children. Many studies have evaluated the outcomes of the two techniques, but uncertainty remains with regard to the efficacy and complications of tonsillotomy versus a traditional tonsillectomy. This study was designed to investigate the ef...

Abstract Introduction We present a case of pseudoaneurysm the facial artery after tonsillectomy managed with successful endovascular coiling. Presentation Case 41-year-old lady presented history throat pain and 3 episodes hematemesis on 3rd, 4th, 7th postoperative days styloidectomy. She had undergone operation 20 back. Neurological examination was normal. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography ...

INTRODUCTION The use of the laryngeal mask airway in elective adenotonsillectomy has been well described. However, there is no literature to support its use in post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage. CLINICAL PICTURE We report a case of a patient who presented with primary post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage, which required general anaesthesia for haemostasis after undergoing bilateral functional endoscop...

Introduction: Microdebrider intracapsular tonsillectomy is a relatively recent surgical procedure used to treat various tonsil and adenoid disorders. Unlike traditional tonsillectomies, which involve the complete removal of tonsils, this technique uses high-speed rotation remove only diseased tissue, allowing for more precise while preserving surrounding healthy tissue. This has gained populari...

OBJECTIVES We performed a single-blind, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical study to compare the rates of postoperative morbidity in adults undergoing thermal welding tonsillectomy versus cold dissection tonsillectomy. METHODS Thirty-two adults with recurrent tonsillitis who were scheduled for elective tonsillectomy were randomized to either thermal welding or cold dissection tonsill...

INTRODUCTION Although tonsillectomy has a very long history as one of the most common surgical procedures in childhood, post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage is not uncommon and occasionally life threatening. Although primary post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage that occurs within 24 hours of surgery is often caused by insufficient intraoperative hemostasis, delayed hemorrhage is frequently related to the rej...

Most of the literature on tonsillectomy concerns the combined operation, tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy, and one is left in doubt whether the benefits can be attributed to the tonsillectomy, to the adenoidectomy, or to both parts of the operation. It was noted by Fry (1957) that otitis media featured in more than half of the children referred for tonsillectomy from his practice. In a survey o...