Tonsil operations in children – indications and contradictions

Mieczysław Chmielik, Anna Bielicka, Eliza Brożek

Summary
Adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy and tonsillotomy were and still are the most common surgical procedures performed in Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology. The aim of this study is to justify the use of these methods in particular cases, and also specifying the complications that might occur in the postoperative period. The indications for the procedures are divided into definite and relative, while the complications are separated into two groups, early and late. The information given in the text is based on the experience of the Paediatric ENT Clinic of the Medical University of Warsaw, and the available literature.

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