Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids Associated With Ongoing Benefits for Children With Breathing Problems During Sleep

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 23:28 in Health & Medicine

Two and a half years after children with sleep-related breathing disorders had surgery to remove their tonsils and adenoids (glands in the back of the throat), they appear to sleep better than they did before the procedure but not as well as they did six months after, according to a new report.

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