If you saw a guy in McDonalds looking like a doctor, would you ask him to check your tonsils and have him do an EEG on you?

如果你在麦当劳看见一个长得像医生的人，你会要求他检查一下你的扁桃体，做一下脑电图吗？

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The surgeries ranged from those for serious problems, like open heart surgery, to more routine ones, like putting in ear tubes or removing adenoids and tonsils.

外科手术涉及那些严重的疾病问题，比如心脏手术。更多是日常的手术，比如进入耳道或切除腺样体和扁桃体。

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At the same time, we are seeing increasing rates of diseases and conditions that tonsillectomies can prevent or cure, like infections, and even cancer, of the tonsils.

BBC: UK 'doing too few tonsil operations'