Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Key Takeaways Tonsillectomy is a surgery to remove the tonsils to help with ...

Preston's Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy: Preparing for Surgery and Post-Op Care Tips for a 5-Year-Old. In this video, ...

A procedure performed on thousands of kids across the nation has put many parents on edge. More than 500,000 tonsillectomies are performed on kids in the United States every year, but a recent death ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy) are at increased risk for becoming ...

NEW BERLIN, Wis. (WTMJ) - An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy is relearning how to walk and talk after waking up from a coma following complications from what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy. Liam ...

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

Liam Klaver, 11, went into a 10-day coma following complications from his tonsil surgery, family says. GoFundMe screengrab An 11-year-old boy put into a medically-induced coma after complications from ...

Liam’s parents, Ashleigh and Dan Klaver, are currently with him at the hospital. They say, at first, they thought the 11-year-old was having some minor post-surgery issues. They had no idea how ...