Prospective clinical trials, performed over the last 2 decades, have redefined the appropriate indications for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy ( T & A ), tonsillectomy alone, and adenoidectomy alone.
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Prospective clinical trials, performed over the last 2 decades, have redefined the appropriate indications for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy ( T & A ), tonsillectomy alone, and adenoidectomy alone.
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Even when the surgical procedure is designed to improve the airway, such as tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy or tongue reduction, swelling may negate some of the effects in the immediate postoperative period.
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Between 1948 and 1954, funded by the federal government, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Hospital inserted radium rods into the noses of 582 Baltimore, Maryland schoolchildren as an alternative to adenoidectomy.
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The recommendations also include tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies, operations involving the respiratory mucosa, some types of bronchoscopy, and some invasive genitourinal and gastrointestinal procedures, including prostatic surgery and operations involving the intestines.
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Also, several studies had shown that adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy was ineffective for many of the indications used at that time as well as the suggestion of an increased risk of developing poliomyelitis after the procedure, later disproved.
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On February 20, 2013, the FDA released a statement addressing a serious concern regarding the connection between children who are known as CYP2D6 UM and fatal reactions to codeine following tonsillectomy and / or adenoidectomy ( surgery to remove the tonsils and / or adenoids ).
