What is the standard procedure for tonsillectomy?

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procedure for tonsillectomy includes anesthetizing the patient, inserting the nasal respiratory tube, cladding of the mouth, removing almonds and stopping any bleeding. Tonsillectomy is usually a single-hour long out-pacific procedures and recovery takes one to two weeks. This procedure is usually recommended when frequent tonsillitis causes sleep apnea or difficult swallowing and breathing. Adenoids are also sometimes removed during tonsillectomy.

Before starting the procedure for tonsillectomy, the patient has a sedative to release them. An intravenous line for the administration of fluids and antibiotics will be placed in the arm. As soon as surgery for tonsillectomy is initiated by the administration of general anesthesia in the operating room. To keep the mouth clean in surgery, the respiratory tube will be spent with a nose and then down the neck. The mouth will then be opened, the tongue will be held from the way and, if necessary, part of the neck will be covered with cotton for collecting any blood.

There are several methods that can be used to remove almonds. The almonds can be cut off with a scalpel blade, laser or microdebrider, a rotating cutting tool with suction. Two new techniques that are sometimes used either break tissue of almonds using radiofrequency energy or destroy tissue almonds with an electric thermal probe. After removing the almonds, the bleeding will stop the cauterization of the wound or by small stitches. The tonsilectomy procedure usually takes about one hour.

After tonsillectomy, the patient will be placed in the recovery room until the anesthesia is exhausted and the respiratory tube cannot be removed. Most tonsillectomy is performed as out-pacific procedures or will only require one night in the hospital. After surgery, the patient will drink often, eat small amounts of soft food and will have a drug for pain that can be used as needed. Immediate pain will be in the throat, jaw and neck. The neck pain may persist for one to two weeks.

Adenoids are lymphatic tissue located just above the almonds and often infected with almonds. When frequent and persistent adenoiditis together with tonsillitis occur, they can also be removed during tonsillectomy. Surgery is the same for both extraction and added adenoid removal usually extends surgery by about 30 minutes.