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- noun Plural form of
tonsillectomy .
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Examples
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A further £700 million could be saved if procedures with limited clinical benefits - such as tonsillectomies, varicose vein removal and some hysterectomies - were no longer performed.
unknown title 2009
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The NHS could save £700m if procedures with limited clinical benefits, such as tonsillectomies, varicose vein removal and some hysterectomies, were no longer offered, it estimates.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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Although tonsillectomies are not done as often as they were a few decades ago, about a half-million children still have the operation each year in the United States.
Children seem to gain extra weight after having their tonsils removed 2011
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Obama slandered doctors with bullcrap about unnecssary tonsillectomies and foot amputations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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Although tonsillectomies are not done as often as they were a few decades ago, about a half-million children still have the operation each year in the United States.
Children seem to gain extra weight after having their tonsils removed 2011
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More than half a million tonsillectomies are performed annually in the United States on children younger than 15.
No surgery for moderate tonsillitis, new guidelines say 2011
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Obama slandered doctors with bullcrap about unnecssary tonsillectomies and foot amputations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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A panel of experts formed to address the costs and risks of unnecessary tonsillectomies — surgical removal of the tonsils — found that most children with frequent sore throats get better without surgery.
No surgery for moderate tonsillitis, new guidelines say 2011
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Obama slandered doctors with bullcrap about unnecssary tonsillectomies and foot amputations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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No one would invoke need as an explanation for why doctors in one town in Vermont performed tonsillectomies in children at 10 times the rate of another town 60 miles south.
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