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Doctors, what are the risks of the adenoid removal surgery?

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See below: The risks of adenoidectomy include pain, infection, bleeding, velopharyngeal insufficiency (which means inability to close the nose from the mouth when speaking or swallowing), regrowth of the adenoids.

Answered 4/20/2016

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