扁桃体和腺样体切除术可以单独进行,也可以合併一次完成。成年病人因为腺样体多已萎缩,所以只进行扁桃体切除术。学龄儿童扁桃体疾患往往伴有腺样体疾患,一般多将两个手术合併一次进行。既往对12岁以下儿童做扁桃体和腺样体切除术,多需在全麻下进行。全麻需要有一定医疗设备及麻醉医生的配合,所以,患者还要到县以上医院去手术。而表面麻醉下一次完成扁桃体快速挤切和腺样体切除术一般只要十几秒钟,加上术前、术后工作,一般十几分钟就可完毕。病人不必住院,手术适应症范围较宽,简单、安全、经济,符合多快好省的精神。有关腺样体、扁桃体解剖: 腺样体为鼻咽部淋巴组织,又称咽扁桃体,位于鼻咽项、后壁交界处,(如图1、2)分为4～5小叶淋 Tonsil and adenoidectomy can be done alone or in combination. Adult adenoids because the atrophy has more, so only tonsillectomy. School-age children with tonsillitis are often accompanied by adenoid diseases, usually more than two operations combined once. Previous children under the age of 12 to do tonsil and adenoidctomy, mostly in general anesthesia. General anesthesia requires a certain degree of medical equipment and anesthesia doctors with, so patients go to the county hospital above surgery. The surface anesthesia next to complete rapid tonsillectomy and adenotonslectomy generally as long as ten seconds, plus preoperative and postoperative work, the general ten minutes can be completed. Patients do not have to be hospitalized, a wide range of indications for surgery, simple, safe, economical, in line with the spirit of more speed and better. About adenoid, tonsil dissection: adenoid nasopharyngeal lymphoid tissue, also known as pharyngeal tonsil, located in the nasopharynx, posterior wall junction (Figure 1,2) is divided into 4 to 5 lobular lymph