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Abstract

Background: Tonsillectomy is the intervention to take out the palatine tonsils either whole or subcapsular, while adenoidectomy is the intervention of extraction of the adenoid gland which is commonly done with curettage method. Both interventions are done to eliminate repeated infections and also obstructions dueto inflammation and hypertrophy of the tonsils and adenoids. This study was done to know the indications of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology ? Head and Neck Surgery Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung in the period of January 2009?December 2011. Methods: This is a descriptive study, which was done in the months of October?November of 2012 from the medical records of patients who had tonsillectomy ortonsillo adenoidectomy done on them in the Polyclinic of the Department of Ear,Nose, and Throat?Head and Neck Surgery Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung in the period between January 2009?December 2011 with the cross-sectional approach. Results: The study showed that the indications of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology ? Head and Neck Surgery Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung in the period between January 2009?December 2011 were infection at 106 patients (51.2%), obstruction at 100 patients (48.3%), and neoplasia at 1 (0.05%) patient from a total of 207 patients. Disccussion:The most numerous indications for tonsillectomy andtonsillo adenoidectomy in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology ? Head and Neck Surgery Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital were infection.

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