A Controlled Study of the Effects of Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy in Children

Abstract

In the past, tonsillectomy has been regarded as a proper procedure to relieve a variety of illnesses, of which the most generally accepted were recurrent throat infections. It was shown by Glover (1948, 1950) that there was a large geographical and social variation in the frequency of operation. Although this may have been due to differences in need, it is more likely that it was due to different standards of assessment of the need.