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Is it likely for scar tissue to heal over the eustachian tubes after a tonsillectomy?
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Adenoidect. complic.: Tonsils are not close to the eustachian tubes, but an improperly done adenoidectomy (too far laterally) can scar them.
Answered 8/31/2013
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