Chronic tonsillitis is not only caused by the spread of inflammation in the adjacent organs, such as otitis media, sinusitis, larynx, trachea, bronchitis, etc., but more importantly, it is one of the common foci of infection in the human body and is closely related to acute nephritis, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, heart disease, chronic hypothermia, etc. Therefore, in addition to anti-infection treatment, surgery should be performed if necessary in case of recurrent tonsillitis. Surgery should also be considered in cases of excessive enlargement of the tonsils or tumors.
There are two main types of surgery: peeling and squeezing. The peeling method can usually be performed under local or general anesthesia. After anesthesia, the tonsils are pulled with a tonsil clamp and the free edge of the palatoglossal arch and part of the mucosa of the palatopharyngeal arch are cut with a curved knife. The tonsils were separated from the tonsillar peritoneum with a tonsil stripper, and the tonsils were freed from top to bottom, and finally the inferior tonsillar root tip was cut off with a trap, and the tonsils and complete excision was performed. In recent years, the use of low-temperature plasma-assisted tonsillectomy can make the operation bleed less and shorten the time. The squeeze cut method is to use a special tonsil squeeze cutter from the lower level of the set, turn the knife ring, the back of the tonsil and the upper level into the set, the other hand thumb assist to press all the tonsils into the knife ring, tighten the knife handle and then quickly twist to remove the tonsils by tugging.