How long it takes to operate on tonsil polyps is related to the surgery chosen, which is currently divided into general anesthesia surgery and local anesthesia surgery. General anesthesia surgery includes anesthesia before surgery and wake up after surgery, about 1~2 hours overall. Local anesthesia surgery is about 20-30 minutes.
1. General anesthesia surgery: general anesthesia surgery, first of all, the anesthesiologist needs to take general anesthesia, followed by intubation, the doctor in the operation, the operation process is generally about 20 minutes, but need to be added to the anesthesia before the operation as well as after the operation of the awakening, the overall time is probably about 1 ~ 2 hours.
2. Local anesthesia surgery: this is a kind of local anesthesia, the patient will be in a state of wakefulness, the whole surgical process in about 20 ~ 30 minutes, the doctor to do preoperative preparation, after the removal of tonsil polyps, do a good job of hemostasis, there are no special circumstances, the operation can be completed.
Although tonsil polyp surgery is a minor surgery, but when choosing to do the surgery, you also need to find a regular hospital, to reduce the after-effects of the surgery.