Benefits of tonsillectomy (Sluder)

This child with the diagnosis dyspnoea, was treated for months with antibiotics, bronchodilators and pulmonary corticoid sprays. However the clinical picture showed stridor caused by hypertrophic (enlarged) tonsils. After a minor tonsil operation (Sluder's technique) performed under general anesthesia and as an outpatient procedure, all sleep disorders, snoring and nocturnal enuresis disappeared, as well as the need for medication.
R.M. Backus, MD, ENT-surgeon, ret. The Netherlands (2012)
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