Tonsillectomy

Doctors stop asking why the organ should be removed and begin asking why it should be left in.

Tonsillectomy became big business.

For much of the 20th century, tonsillectomy wasn't some obscure operation.

Between 1915 and the 1960s, tonsillectomy was the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the entire United States.

That doesn't mean tonsils or appendix should never be removed.

An appendix with acute appendicitis can be life-threatening.

Tonsillectomy can be appropriate leave for careful selected patients and severe reoccurring infections.

Obstructive sleep apnea, airway obstruction, abscesses.

I'm a little scared, man.

HtownSoonerGirl says, "Tonsillectomy as an adult is hell, but very necessary.

I honestly think every kid should have those SOBs taken out." Yeah.

Yeah, Jesse G., thank you.