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ICD-9-CM. 28.2 - 28.3. MeSH. D014068. MedlinePlus. 003013. [ edit on Wikidata] Tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure in which both palatine tonsils are fully removed from the back of the throat. [1] The procedure is mainly performed for recurrent tonsillitis, throat infections and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). [1]
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (also known by the abbreviations UPPP and UP3) is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery used to remove tissue and/or remodel tissue in the throat. This could be because of sleep issues. Tissues which may typically be removed include: The tonsils. The adenoids.
Coblation tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure in which the patient's tonsils are removed by destroying the surrounding tissues that attach them to the pharynx. [1] [2] It was first implemented in 2001. The word coblation is short for ‘controlled ablation ’, which means a controlled procedure used to destroy soft tissue.
Researchers collected 25 years-worth of information on more than 500,000 women, and compared a history of one or both of the surgeries with the pregnancies.
Swollen tonsils (tonsillitis) can occur for many reasons. From infections to conditions like STDs, doctors explain when to worry and other symptoms to watch for.
Plasma coblation is a tonsillectomy procedure which involves the removal of tissue through radio frequency wavelengths. Coblation (derived from “Controlled ablation” meaning the removal of tissue in a controlled manner) techniques have been present since the 1950s and have been developed so that errors can be removed to achieve a surgical techniques that is free from both defects and ...
This song also includes one of the car sounds, and the slightly changed chorus melody, from that album's "Your Possible Pasts". "I played through some of the songs from the Pros and Cons album," Waters remarked in 1992, "and I was struck by how good they sounded. Looking back, that record dragged a little but, individually, some of the material ...
Pharyngitis —inflammation of the back of the throat—caused by a virus is the most common cause of a sore throat. Sore throat, also known as throat pain, is pain or irritation of the throat. [1] Usually, causes of sore throat include: viral infections. group A streptococcal infection (GAS) bacterial infection [2]