Sign inTonsils & Adenoids
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has leaflets called Tonsils and Adenoids and Tonsillitis.
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
From ENT (UK), the website of the British Association of Head and Neck Surgeons.
Your tonsillectomy as day surgery
Information from the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.
Tonsillectomy using laser
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Suction Diathermy Adenoidectomy
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Management of Sore Throat and Indications for Tonsillectomy
Guideline from SIGN.
Tonsillectomy - Information for Parents
Information from Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Adenoids and Adenoidectomy
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Tonsillitis
Information from BUPA.
Adenoid and Tonsil Removal (adenotonsillectomy)
Information from BUPA.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.