Prevention of Ear Disease by Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids

Tonsils and adenoids.

The bacteriology of acute tonsillitis and the normal flora of the throat in children is interesting and somewhat puzzling. Several studies (Box, Cleveland and Willard, 1961; Reilly et al, 1981; Toner et al, 1986) have shown that the culture of throat swabs taken from children with a history of acute tonsillitis does not differ, in terms of organisms cultured, from those taken from normal childr...

The Treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids

Sir,?In your issue of May, 1922, there appears on page 223 a list of suggestions made by the Council of the Laryngological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine regarding the treatment of children suffering from tonsils and adenoids. A large number of children receive treatment for throat affections at this hospital, and in the past they have been treated in the out-patients' department as a...

The Treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids

no value, and that actual harm might be done by operating, and enlarged tonsils and adenoids might be left alone or treated by means other than operation. You insinuate that I am in favour of inaction, of allowing the children slowly to become diseased and deaf?you then quote what you describe as an admirable picture postcard, with the object of popularising the operation, which you commend to ...

Increased risk of many early-life diseases after surgical removal of adenoids and tonsils in childhood

BACKGROUND Surgical removal of the adenoids and tonsils are common pediatric procedures, with conventional wisdom suggesting their absence has little impact on health or disease. However, little is known about long-term health consequences beyond the perioperative risks. Such ignorance is significant, for these lymphatic organs play important roles in both the development and the function of th...

An Unusual Complication after Operation for Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids