Practice of tonsillectomy among Egyptian children

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out on 1000 tonsillectomized children from E N T and pediatric departements- Al-Azhar University Hospitals. Their age ranged from 3to 15 years. They were 570 males and 430 females. The parents of children were interviewed through a previously prepared questionnaire sheets including personal data, social status, level of education, indications for tonsillectomy, frequency of the attacks of tonsillitis and the treatment given. All these children were clinically evaluated