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==Surgery==
==Surgery==
===Surgery and Device Based Therapy===
[[Chronic (medicine)|Chronic]] cases may indicate [[tonsillectomy]] (surgical removal of tonsils) as a choice for treatment.<ref>Paradise, JL. and et al. "Efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in severely affected children. Results of parallel randomized and non randomized clinical trials." The New England Journal of Medicine 310 (1984): 674-83 - Paradise studied 187 children with tonsillectomy or tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.  91 children were randomly put in surgical and non-surgical groups.  The other 96 were place by parent’s choice.  The results favored the surgical group on reoccurrence of throat infections during their initial and second year follow-up where the data was collected.  While non-surgical groups did better in the long run.  13 out of the 95 surgical group encountered surgical complications after their second year follow up</ref>
[[Chronic (medicine)|Chronic]] cases may indicate [[tonsillectomy]] (surgical removal of tonsils) as a choice for treatment.<ref>Paradise, JL. and et al. "Efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in severely affected children. Results of parallel randomized and non randomized clinical trials." The New England Journal of Medicine 310 (1984): 674-83 - Paradise studied 187 children with tonsillectomy or tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.  91 children were randomly put in surgical and non-surgical groups.  The other 96 were place by parent’s choice.  The results favored the surgical group on reoccurrence of throat infections during their initial and second year follow-up where the data was collected.  While non-surgical groups did better in the long run.  13 out of the 95 surgical group encountered surgical complications after their second year follow up</ref>



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Chronic cases may indicate tonsillectomy (surgical removal of tonsils) as a choice for treatment.[1]

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  1. Paradise, JL. and et al. "Efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in severely affected children. Results of parallel randomized and non randomized clinical trials." The New England Journal of Medicine 310 (1984): 674-83 - Paradise studied 187 children with tonsillectomy or tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. 91 children were randomly put in surgical and non-surgical groups. The other 96 were place by parent’s choice. The results favored the surgical group on reoccurrence of throat infections during their initial and second year follow-up where the data was collected. While non-surgical groups did better in the long run. 13 out of the 95 surgical group encountered surgical complications after their second year follow up


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