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tonsillectomy
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tonsillectomy
surgical removal of the palatine tonsils
tonsillectomy [‚tan·sə′lek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsil.
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Enlarged tonsils are usually treated with antibiotics, but Koren says tonsillectomies are still performed in the case of sleep apnea, where the child stops breathing while asleep.
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Discussion The majority of tonsillectomies carried out during the last half of the 20th century were performed with the "cold knife" technique; that is, by employing a Dean or Fisher knife and tonsil snare to remove the palatine tonsil from its fossa.
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Tonsillectomies are common procedures in western countries, with around 45,000 operations carried out in the UK each year.
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