This nerve also supplies to certain parts of the ear, which would explain why patients complain of ear pain after tonsillectomy. The adenoids are lymphoid tissue at the back of the nose in the ...

An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy is now regaining the strength to walk and talk again after a routine tonsillitis surgery was ...

The aim of this study was to compare the analgesic efficacy and safety of nimesulide, a preferential cyclo-oxygenase type-2 inhibitor, with ibuprofen in the treatment of pain after tonsillectomy.

However, recent trials showed that pain after tonsillectomy is significant and persists relatively unchanged for the first 5-7 days. [1,2,11,12,13] Moreover, post-tonsillectomy pain lasts on ...