During the procedure the surgeon removes the tonsils from the side of the throat by carefully scraping away using a special tweezers. Stitches during this procedure are very few to nil ...

This surgery is dubbed a T&A. This article explains when doctors advise tonsillectomy and what to expect from the procedure and recovery. A tonsillectomy is performed under general anesthesia ...

The maximum hospitals stay for this operation is about 8 to 10 hrs, or till the patients recover from anesthesia. Infact some patients even prefer to undergo the operation as an outpatient, but ...

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

However, recent trials showed that pain after tonsillectomy is significant and persists relatively unchanged for the first 5-7 days. [1,2,11,12,13] Moreover, post-tonsillectomy pain lasts on ...