How Common Is Adenoid Surgery in Adults?
Adenoid surgery in adults is relatively infrequent and overall adenoidectomies have decreased during the past 50 years. Ninety percent of all adenoid surgery in the United States is performed on children under the age of 15. The surgical approach to dealing with problem adenoids has increasingly been replaced by a medical approach. Problems with the adenoids, the lymphoid tissues located high in the throat where the nose merges with the mouth, are first treated with medicine. Surgery is reserved for instances where other treatments have not been effective or if cancer is found.
