Your child may have throat infections and need tonsillectomy, surgery to take out the tonsils. These glands are located at the back of the throat. Tonsillectomy may be done at the same time as adenoid removal, surgery to remove the adenoids. These glands are located above the tonsils, in the back of the nose.
Below are some questions you may want to ask your child’s doctor or nurse to care for your child after surgery.
Questions to ask about having tonsillectomy:
Questions to ask about the surgery:
Questions for after tonsillectomy:
What to ask your doctor about tonsil removal; Tonsillectomy - what to ask your doctor
Baugh RF, Archer SM, Mitchell RB, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline : Tonsillectomy in Children. Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery;2011:144.
Wetmore RF. Tonsils and Adenoids. Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. St. Louis, MO: WB Saunders; 2007;chap 380.
Updated by: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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