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Practitioner 2010; 254 (1733): 14

Tonsillectomy in general practice

20 Oct 2010Registered users

To the general practitioner the operation for removal of tonsils and adenoids must always constitute a large proportion of his minor surgery. Few operations are more commonly performed, and few, perhaps, are done worse. This state of affairs is due to a non-observance of certain general rules... Haemorrhage is really the only complication of any importance; it usually corrects itself, ceasing when the patient loses sufficient blood to make him feel faint.

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