Shiver Me Tonsils
Tonsillectomy
9 minutes 34 seconds
About 530,000 tonsillectomies are performed in the US to kids under age 15. Watch Patches, Scrubs and the Meerkats explain a tonsillectomy procedure in an easy to understand language.
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