How to Use tonsillectomy in a Sentence
tonsillectomy
noun- The surgeon performed a tonsillectomy.
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Indeed, almost half of children who’d had a tonsillectomy had just two sore throats in a year.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2018
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Yeates said the doctor told her that a tonsillectomy and ear tubes would likely solve everything.
—Jocelyn Wiener, sacbee, 15 Jan. 2018
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So Glover urged an end to widespread tonsillectomies, which, given the rate of surgical infections at the time, spared English teenagers a lot of suffering.
—The Economist, 28 June 2018
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The little girl's aunt invited her to recuperate from the tonsillectomy at her home on Long Island.
—Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 30 Sep. 2016
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Another challenge struck when Martinez had to have a tonsillectomy and couldn’t stay in the shelter during her recovery.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
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The city Board of Health moved to close schools, parks, swimming pools and dance halls — in some cases, only to people under 21 — prohibited the sale of unpasteurized milk and discouraged tonsillectomies at this time.
—Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 9 May 2020
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Children who undergo a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy for their OSA have been shown to have improved school grades and behaviors a few months after surgery.
—Ramzi Younis, M.d., miamiherald, 24 July 2017
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Dozens — some as young as 2 — have perished after routine operations, such as colonoscopies and tonsillectomies.
—USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2018
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Children recover faster and easier from a tonsillectomy than adults, Dr. Voigt says.
—Claire Gillespie, SELF, 18 Jan. 2018
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A 90 percent overlap in CPT codes suggested that sleep doctors and ear, nose, and throat experts could be grouped together—but a tonsillectomy to take out a cancerous tumor is different than a snip to prevent snoring.
—Megan Molteni, WIRED, 12 May 2017
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Freestone said since then, more than 200 surgeries have been performed, including tonsillectomies, hernia repair and bronchoscopies.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 19 July 2019
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At twelve, despite a difficult tonsillectomy and her parents’ divorce, she was warmly housed, lovingly tended, doted on by grandparents and adored by older cousins.
—Joshua Ferris, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
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The same-day center provided flexibility while saving patients up to half the cost of overnight hospital stays for simple procedures such as tonsillectomies, cataract surgeries and some plastic surgeries.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 July 2017
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Mendelsohn underwent a radical tonsillectomy followed by seven weeks of radiation, five days per week, and seven rounds of nine-hour chemotherapy with a feeding tube in his stomach.
—Shayne Benowitz, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
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Shortly after, Alston died of complications from a tonsillectomy surgery during college.
—Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2021
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Removal of the tonsils (tonsillectomy) and/or adenoids (adenoidectomy) may be recommended.
—Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
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The tonsillectomy, once common, is generally an outpatient procedure performed under general anesthesia.
—Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 23 June 2022
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Bleeding after tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy also occurs often.
—Joanna Davis, M.d., miamiherald, 26 June 2017
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