Roughly 290,000 tonsillectomies are performed in children under 15 years old every year in the United States. Though the tonsil hospital closed decades ago, tonsillectomies still remain one of the ...

Kids with complications usually end up staying longer in the hospital, as well. When kids are promised that after they get their tonsils out they can have all the ice cream they want, it's actually a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with sleep-disordered breathing had lower health care use after tonsil removal. Those who had surgery ...

For children with Down syndrome (DS) or other genetic syndromes (OS), adenotonsillectomy seems to be safe, with a low rate of complications, according to a study published online Oct. 31 in the Ear, ...