Tonsils and adenoid removal

[Daven]

I remember was i was in the hospital (age for a radical mastoidectomy (lug hole problems). All the other kids on the ward were in the for either ears pinned back, boz-eyed eye's made uncock-eyed, or tonsils out.

 

Ear, nose and throat with a few eyes thrown in for good measure !

Mastoidectomy is a massive op - I have been scrub nurse for many of these and they always took a long time. I think the

jury is still out on how successful or worthwhile this op actually is for the patient.

Did you benefit from it ?

Edited June 5, 2016 by Daven

[traveler]

I believe that T&A'. were routinely removed from a child as a matter of course back then if a child had recurrent tonsillitis which could have been life threatening back then without the sophisticated antibiotics there are available today.

T&A removal is still performed on children today but only as a last resort as it can be a dangerous operation.

My son had his adenoids removed when he was 5 back in 1993 but only because he snored and it was affecting his quality of sleep.

 

C&P

Florey and Chain shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Fleming for their work. The challenge of mass-producing this drug was daunting. On March 14, 1942, the first patient was treated for streptococcal septicemia with US-made penicillin produced by Merck & Co.

 

And still used routinely today for such issues

 

today T&A have a different way of being treated

[GLASGOWOODS]

Ear, nose and throat with a few eyes thrown in for good measure !

Mastoidectomy is a massive op - I have been scrub nurse for many of these and they always took a long time. I think the

jury is still out on how successful or worthwhile this op actually is for the patient.

Did you benefit from it ?

 

I'm 47 now. Prior to having a Mastoidectomy is suffered from polyps in the right ear. I wasn't officially discharged from my annual check-ups until i hit 43 years of age! This only came about when i went for a hearing test while living in Scotland, and the Doc was surprised i was still going for annual checks.

 

My parents were told my hearing would deteriorate a lot quicker than my ok ear...they were correct. I can still hear, but any noise in the background makes it difficult, such as when i'm out socialising.

 

Sometimes it feels like my ear is blocked quite deep inside, but Doc can never find owt. I don't produce soft wax, so i'm sure there's probably 20 odd years worth of dried wax/debris, deep in there somewhere.

 

 

I think i spent nearly 2 weeks in the childrens hospital for the op.

Edited June 5, 2016 by GLASGOWOODS

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I believe that T&A'. were routinely removed from a child as a matter of course back then if a child had recurrent tonsillitis which could have been life threatening back then without the sophisticated antibiotics there are available today.

T&A removal is still performed on children today but only as a last resort as it can be a dangerous operation.

My son had his adenoids removed when he was 5 back in 1993 but only because he snored and it was affecting his quality of sleep.

 

I just watched

on youtube. Blimey, it's certainly not clipping of one's toenails. That is a lot of work

[taxman]

I just watched

on youtube. Blimey, it's certainly not clipping of one's toenails. That is a lot of work

 

Why would you want to watch that? I thought watching old Fall videos classed me as odd but you've taken the biscuit and run with it.....run, be free!

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Why would you want to watch that? I thought watching old Fall videos classed me as odd but you've taken the biscuit and run with it.....run, be free!

 

 

I dunno, I'm interested in learning things!

I pick up a lot of hospital jobs, and when people say something that most consider as a general thing, like 'I've had a hip replacement', I wonder how the heck these things are done!

 

It's probably why I'm an expert in nothing, but know about a lot of things It's a quiet night on here (and my lengthy thread yesterday has gone for some reason), and I just came across this thread, so I looked it up.

[Daven]

I just watched

on youtube. Blimey, it's certainly not clipping of one's toenails. That is a lot of work

 

This op is dissection of the tonsils and is not a quick job. The tonsils have to be separated from the surrounding tissues with the surgeon working in a small space. The area is very vascular so bleeding is common hence the diathermy to cauterise any bleeding points.

Years ago T&A's used to be removed by guillotine in children who were small enough to be carried. The T&A's were literally 'plucked' out which caused much bleeding initially but usually stopped quite quickly afterwards. It sounds and looked a barbaric way of treating a child but the recovery afterwards was far quicker as there were no stitches to heal in the throat. Recovering these small children afterwards was very scary though as there was always the risk of hemorrhage which had to be dealt with very quickly because of the risk to the airway.

This procedure is also available to watch on YouTube but it's not for the faint hearted - you have been warned.

Edited June 6, 2016 by Daven

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This op is dissection of the tonsils and is not a quick job. The tonsils have to be separated from the surrounding tissues with the surgeon working in a small space. The area is very vascular so bleeding is common hence the diathermy to cauterise any bleeding points.

Years ago T&A's used to be removed by guillotine in children who were small enough to be carried. The T&A's were literally 'plucked' out which caused much bleeding initially but usually stopped quite quickly afterwards. It sounds and looked a barbaric way of treating a child but the recovery afterwards was far quicker as there were no stitches to heal in the throat. Recovering these small children afterwards was very scary though as there was always the risk of hemorrhage which had to be dealt with very quickly because of the risk to the airway.

This procedure is also available to watch on YouTube but it's not for the faint hearted - you have been warned.

 

I think I've got the gist