Tonsillectomy in adults
Tonsillectomy in adult population is a safe procedure, but not a common surgery as in pediatrics. The centers for disease control and preventions, in 2006, reported around 300,000 tonsillectomies in patients with fifteen-year-old and older.
The most common indications of adenotonsillectomy in adults are:
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- Recurrent acute tonsilitis
- Snoring
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Chronic abscess
- Tonsil’s abscess
- Unilateral tonsil enlargements are an indication for tonsillectomy in adults
