A death after a routine tonsil operation is extremely rare but not unheard of in New Zealand, a leading surgeon said after ...

Wisconsin pre-teen Liam Klaver suffered complications after having his tonsils removed last month ... causing him to slowly bleed out," the page, set up by multiple family friends, stated.

They used it to shrink the tonsils - but a full tonsillectomy seemed like a logical progression. 'A large amount of bleeding used to be caused because the blood vessels in between the tonsil and ...

“He got his tonsils out on St. Paddy’s Day ... Liam’s grandpa “This is pretty serious because he is bleeding from his carotid artery.'” His mom said Liam went into cardiac arrest for nearly 10 minutes ...