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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.
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.
Tonsillectomy is mainly undertaken for sleep apnea and recurrent or chronic tonsillitis. [ 1] It is also carried out for peritonsillar abscess, periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA), guttate psoriasis, nasal airway obstruction, tonsil cancer and diphtheria carrier state. For children, tonsillectomy is usually ...
The 4-year-old golden retriever is the organization's first therapy dog, according to ESPN, and spent time comforting coaches and athletes alike during the Games.. Between the therapy sessions ...
Case opinions. Per curiam. Jahi McMath was a thirteen-year-old girl who was declared brain dead in California following surgery in 2013. This led to a bioethical debate engendered by her family's rejection of the medicolegal findings of death in the case, and their efforts to maintain her body using mechanical ventilation and other measures.
PARIS — Casey Kaufhold, the world’s No. 1 archer, was knocked out in a shocking round-of-32 upset by Lei Chien-ying of Chinese Taipei on Thursday, as American women will stay off the Olympics ...
The low hum of a high-tech engine greets you when you first open the door to the F1 Arcade in Boston’s burgeoning Seaport District. The people behind Puttshack golf and Flight Club darts are ...
Katz extractor. to remove nasal foreign body. Bull's eye lamp. source of light; exiting lens is convex and produces a divergent beam of light. Speculum. to dilate orifices and to see inside. •Thudichum's nasal speculum. -do-; short blades ( uses: anterior rhinoscopy - to see the Little's area, ant-inferior part of nasal septum, anterior part ...