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Cochrane review data published in 2010 found that tonsillectomy reduces sore throats by approximately one episode over a two-year period. During the same era, up to 1.4 million Americans were having the procedure each year. The benefit was minimal; the immune cost was significant. “Common sense is not common.”
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Cochrane review data published in 2010 found that tonsillectomy reduces sore throats by approximately one episode over a two-year period. During the same era, up to 1.4 million Americans were having the procedure each year. The benefit was minimal; the immune cost was significant. “Common sense is not common.”
#MedicalBlindSpots #Tonsils #Surgery #EvidenceBasedMedicine










