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It IS surgery. It is performed under an anaesthetic. and you should allow about seven days for recovery, during which you need some nursing.
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What are the risks associated with a tonsillectomy?
As with any surgery requiring anesthetic, with a tonsillectomy there is a slight risk of adverse reactions to the drugs used. Other more common risks include heavy bleeding either during or after the surgery and, more rarely, infection.
Can you die from removing your tonsils?
As surgeries go, a tonsillectomy is usually fairly minor and has a low mortality rate. Since the surgery requires general anesthesia, that will be where the risk is. See the link from which this quote comes:Death: This is a very rare but devastating complication. The factors which can cause death is massive hemorrhage and anesthetic complications such as reaction to the anesthestic or inhaling stomach contents. The incidence of death after tonsillectomy is one in every 15,000 patients. An ENT surgeon will perform 5 to 10 thousand tonsillectomy patients in his carrier giving him about a 50-50 chance of having one of his patients die from the surgery.
Is there a high risk of death during a Uvula removal and tonsillectomy's in adults 60 years old or older?
Health surgery
What is ICD-9 code for status-post tonsillectomy?
V45.86 Otherpostprocedural status: Bariatric surgery status
Bilateral cleft lip major or minor surgery?
minor
What type of surgery is labia minor reduction?
Plastic/cosmetic surgery.
What is the opposite of a minor surgery?
major
What are the risks of tonsillectomy?
Typical risks for a tonsillectomy are like those of any other surgery and generally include a bleeding risk, infection risk, and risks associated with use of general anesthesia. It should be noted that this is a very commonly performed and well-understood procedure and complications are uncommon. Usually after a tonsillectomy, the person operated on has a sore throat for a few days, which will resolve on its own.
What are the risks of a tonsillectomy?
Typical risks for a tonsillectomy are like those of any other surgery and generally include a bleeding risk, infection risk, and risks associated with use of general anesthesia. It should be noted that this is a very commonly performed and well-understood procedure and complications are uncommon. Usually after a tonsillectomy, the person operated on has a sore throat for a few days, which will resolve on its own.
What does this mean tonsillectomy?
Tonsillectomy is the surgical removal of the tonsils
Is liposuction surgery a safe procedure?
Liposuction surgery has been performed thousands of times with excellent results but as with any surgery there are risks. Any surgery that requires anesthesia carries the same risk even a simple tonsillectomy. With any surgery it is important to check the physician's credentials and understand and heed the risk and warnings.
Is hernia surgery a complicated surgery?
There are not too many complications as to hernia surgery it is a minor surgery that will not leave too much scarring.
