A Canadian hospital is pausing scheduled tonsil and adenoid surgery for patients under 18 after two children who underwent the procedure died just after being discharged, officials said last week.

Surgical removal of the adenoids and tonsils reduced the number ... when the researchers excluded the first 28 days after surgery. Children who had their tonsils removed received 2.53 fewer ...

half the children had their tonsils and adenoids removed while the other half received supportive care without surgery that included education on healthy sleep habits and referrals for allergies ...

According to the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, adenoidectomy is "a common procedure ... almost always performed on pre-teenage children." Dr. Hamdy El-Hakim ...

Two children have died after tonsil and/or adenoid surgery at McMaster Children's Hospital, the Hamilton hospital said Wednesday, adding it's pausing such procedures as a precaution while doing a ...

Two kids have died following tonsil and/or adenoid surgery at McMaster Children’s Hospital. The hospital halted the procedure starting Tuesday — except for emergencies — while an external ...

“Only emergency pediatric tonsil and adenoid surgeries will proceed.” Dr. Devin Peterson, pediatric chief of surgery at McMaster Children’s Hospital called the deaths “tragic” in a video statement ...

surgery to remove the tonsils and adenoids is the traditional first-line treatment option for opening the airway, but studies have shown less than 30% of children with Down syndrome benefit from ...

ALTHOUGH upper-airway obstruction of varying degrees is a common phenomenon in children, very few cases of cor pulmonale in association with hypertrophied adenoids or tonsils have been reported.

doctors say surgery is the best option. Children who undergo surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids visit the doctor less often and take less medication than their peers who do not have the ...