OSA and planned ICU admission post-tonsil surgery develop early breathing issues that mostly need oxygen or NIV; younger age and nocturnal desaturation predict a higher risk.

When I was young, it seemed to be a regular practice that you would get your tonsils removed, though I still have mine. Why was that? Is it still the same now? What are the pros and cons of having ...

MILWAUKEE (WTMJ/CNN/WKRC) - A boy was placed in a medically-induced coma after a routine tonsil surgery. What was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy for 11-year-old Liam Klaver turned into a ...

NEW BERLIN, Wis. (WTMJ) - An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy is relearning how to walk and talk after waking up from a coma following complications from what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy. Liam ...

An 11-year-old boy put into a medically-induced coma after complications from his tonsillectomy now must relearn basic motor skills, his Wisconsin family says. Liam Klaver had routine tonsil surgery ...

A five-year-old girl died just days after having her tonsils removed, an inquest has heard. Amber Milnes - described as her family's 'magical little princess' - underwent the procedure at the Royal ...