Reconstructive surgery may be needed after a large tumor is removed. Reconstructive surgery helps to rebuild the area and restore how the throat works. Your surgeon will often take tissue and blood ...

Tonsillectomy is a routine and safe procedure, performed in both children and adults, but like any surgery, it carries some risks.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Ear Nose and Throat specialist Mbira Gikonyo. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili, Standard) The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with sleep-disordered breathing had lower health care use after tonsil removal. Those who had surgery ...

Dear Doctors: When I was young, it seemed to be a regular practice that you would get your tonsils removed, though I still have mine. Why was that? Is it still the same now? What are the pros and cons ...

Here’s a horror story for anyone who had their tonsils taken out when they were young. A CNN article published this week details a woman whose tonsils grew back decades later—necessitating a second ...

OAKLAND, CA (KGO) -- A young girl from Oakland is brain dead after going into surgery to have her tonsils removed. Now her family is demanding answers. Jahi McMath, 13, and her mother Nailah Winkfield ...

NEW BERLIN, Wis. (WTMJ) – An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy has spent over 50 days in the ICU after a tonsil surgery went wrong. Liam Klaver went in for a routine surgery to get his tonsils removed back in ...

Wisconsin pre-teen Liam Klaver suffered complications after having his tonsils removed last month, his family said Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...