Tonsillectomy Locates High Percentage of Primary Occult Head and Neck Cancers

Dr. Weissler, noting that all the tumors were located in the ipsilateral tonsil, suggested that the complication rate could increase if bilateral tonsillectomies were performed regularly. Even though no complications were reported in this series, he noted, The theoretical risk of bilateral tonsillectomy is twice that of unilateral tonsillectomy.

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