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  2. Tonsil stones - Wikipedia

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    Surgical treatment may include partial or complete tonsil removal. [1] [10] Up to 10% of people have tonsil stones. [1] Biological sex does not influence the chance of having tonsil stones, [1] but older people are more commonly affected. [2] Many people opt to extract their own tonsil stones manually or with developments in dental hygiene ...

  3. Tonsillar crypts - Wikipedia

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    The crypts extend through the full thickness of the tonsil reaching almost to its hemicapsule. In healthy tonsils the openings of the crypts are fissure-like, and the walls of the lumina are in apposition. A computerized three-dimensional reconstruction of the palatine tonsil crypt system showed that in the centre of the palatine tonsil are ...

  4. Coblation tonsillectomy - Wikipedia

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    After having frequent tonsil infections or severe diseases, bleeding from the tonsils tissues can occur. Furthermore, cancer cells can develop in the tonsil tissues. These are mostly uncommon but can still occur and can only be treated by surgically removing the tonsils from the both sides of the back of the throat. [7]

  5. Woman’s Tonsils Grow Back 40 Years After Removal ... - AOL

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    Additionally, tonsils may have a greater chance of growing back after removal if the procedure was performed before the tonsils have stopped growing, which typically occurs around 8 years old.

  6. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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    to remove tonsil - used at the end to minimize bleeding •Krause's nasal snare: used to remove nasal polyps •Glegg's nasal polyp snare: used to remove nasal polyps •Aural snare: used to remove aural polyps: Tonsil knife: used in tonsillectomy.incission of anterior pillar of tonsil in the beginning of operation Yorke's tonsil haemostatic clamp

  7. Tonsillectomy - Wikipedia

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    In several reported case series, the rate of post tonsillectomy bleeding ranged from 2.0% to 7.0%. [23] [24] [25] Also in veterinary surgery, bleeding was a common complication. [26] A meta-analysis reported that frequency of bleeding after tonsillectomy across different techniques did not differ. [25]

  8. Noah Centineo Gets Tonsils Removed After 7 Years of ... - AOL

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    Noah Centineo is on the road to recovery. The 24-year-old actor revealed on Instagram on Sunday that he's undergone surgery to remove his tonsils after years of "chronic tonsillitis and strep throat."

  9. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty - Wikipedia

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    Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (also known by the abbreviations UPPP and UP3) is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery used to remove tissue and/or remodel tissue in the throat. This could be because of sleep issues. Tissues which may typically be removed include: The tonsils; The adenoids; Tissues which may typically be remodeled include: