Originally Posted by
gingernut
(Although we will never know if these patients would have got better anyway.)
I guess the underlying issue for you, is, is it worth me undergoing the inconvenience of surgery (and the risks it carries), for the benefits I may expect.
It would appear that the evidence is scant in this area.
But then again,
gingernut, I wasn't willing to wait another 16 years to try your theory out and I doubt very much whether anyone who has recurring bouts of tonsillitis as an adult would wait 32 years just to find out if you are right.
As for the idea of whether it's worth the 'inconvenience of surgery', well, I can only speak from experience and my good experience says that it is worth it, the benefits have far exceeded any so called 'risk'. The evidence may be 'scant', but it doesn't mean it isn't there.