1Ministry of Public Health, Maysan Health Department Maysan governorate, Iraq
*Corresponding author: Rafd Hadi Hameed, Ministry of Public Health, Maysan Health Department, Maysan governorate, Iraq, E-mail: RafidHadii@gmail.com
Online published on 2 February, 2019.
Tonsillectomy is the most common surgery in treatment of children with snoring and sleep apnea. Many of these children have not had any severe throat infections. We aim to evaluate the long term risk of diseases after adeno-tensolictomy in childhood. We utilized health data on ∼3000 individuals born between January 1980 and January 2010. This included healthy cases and controls who were not diagnosed with focal diseases during the surgery observation period (i.e. from birth to 9 years of age) and who had no surgery performed during the follow-up period from 9 to maximally 30 years of age. We found signifcantly high risks for many diseases, with effects on respiratory, allergic and infectious disorders after removal of adenoids and tonsils being most pronounced. Surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids early in life are associated with longerterm health risks.
Tonsillectomy, adeno-tensolictomy, long term risks, surgical removal of tonsils
