扁桃体切除是耳鼻喉科经常做的手术,国外有些地区的手术率甚至高达50％以上。不可否认,其中有些手术是属于可做可不做的;加之近代免疫学的进展,认为扁桃体具有免疫功能,根本不应切除者,也大有人在。因此,就出现了扁桃体到底该不该切这个问题,近年来国外亦有不少争论。归纳起来,大致趋向以下两种意见。至于另一种截然认为扁桃体根本无用,生后即应予切除的论调已无人提倡了,故不在此叙述。一部分人认为扁桃体不应切除。他们的理由是:①扁桃体切除与恶性肿瘤(如何杰金氏病)的发病有关。1971年,国外一报道中提到年轻人切除扁桃体 Tonsillectomy is often done in otolaryngology surgery, surgery in some parts of the country even as high as 50%. It is undeniable that some of these surgeries are possible to do; with the progress of modern immunology, that tonsil immunity, there should be no resection, but also a lot of people. Therefore, the issue of whether or not the tonsils should be cut should have arisen. In recent years, there have been many controversies abroad. To sum up, roughly the following two views. As for another kind of completely think that tonsils are useless, after birth that should be cut off the argument has no advocate, it is not described here. Some people think that tonsils should not be resected. Their rationale is: ① tonsillectomy and malignancy (how to treat jodg’s disease). In 1971, a foreign report mentions tonsil removal of young people