Indication: Most of the people who have this type of surgery are children, and a small number of adults also have this problem. Some people snore from childhood because of adenoid hypertrophy, but generally children over seven years old, the adenoids slowly shrink, and normal adults do not have this thing. However, some children’s adenoids keep enlarging without intervention, and they will keep blocking the posterior nostril as adults, and need to be surgically cut off. When adults undergo palatopharyngoplasty with preservation of the uvula, if there are still adenoid remnants, the enlarged adenoids will be removed at the same time as the enlarged tonsils.
Results: If the child does not have other congenital diseases, but only snoring caused by tonsils and adenoids, the results of the surgery are very good.
Surgical risks: This surgery is now very mature and rarely dangerous.
In terms of long-term effects, adenoids and tonsils removal will not affect the child’s immune function. These two surgeries have been performed for decades, and many patients who had the surgery as children are now in their old age and have not found any problems, and their development is normal.
Pain and recovery: The adenoids are in the area of the posterior nostril, and children generally feel nothing after scraping and are not in pain after surgery. The first three days after the tonsil surgery the child may be uncomfortable, after all, the tonsils are in the location of the throat, eating, drinking, swallowing and talking all have to go through there, and may feel pain, but generally tolerable. It is recommended to apply cold compresses with ice packs or drink some ice water or eat some ice cream after surgery to stop both the bleeding and the pain. Usually you can eat soft food after one week, and a completely normal diet will take at least two weeks afterwards.
Hospital stay: 5-7 days Treatment cost: The cost of adenoids and tonsils surgery, both around 5,000 yuan.