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  2. Tonsillectomy - Wikipedia

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    Galen (121–200 CE) was the first to advocate the use of the surgical instrument known as the snare, a practice that was to become common until Aetius (490 CE) recommended partial removal of the tonsil, writing "Those who extirpate the entire tonsil remove, at the same time, structures that are perfectly healthy, and, in this way, give rise to ...

  3. Coblation tonsillectomy - Wikipedia

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    Coblation tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure in which the patient's tonsils are removed by destroying the surrounding tissues that attach them to the pharynx. [1] [2] It was first implemented in 2001. The word coblation is short for ‘controlled ablation’, which means a controlled procedure used to destroy soft tissue. [3]

  4. Plasma coblation - Wikipedia

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    Plasma coblation is a tonsillectomy procedure which involves the removal of tissue through radio frequency wavelengths. Coblation (derived from “Controlled ablation” meaning the removal of tissue in a controlled manner) techniques have been present since the 1950s and have been developed so that errors can be removed to achieve a surgical techniques that is free from both defects and ...

  5. Most children who have their tonsils removed don't benefit - AOL

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  6. Boy, 9, dies after undergoing routine tonsil removal - AOL

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  7. Adenoidectomy - Wikipedia

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    Removed adenoid. In 1971, more than one million Americans underwent tonsillectomies and/or adenoidectomies, of which 50,000 consisted of adenoidectomy alone. [9] By 1996, roughly a half million children underwent some surgery on their adenoid and/or tonsils in both outpatient and inpatient settings.

  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: