by Nancy Shute
March 14, 2011 Getting your tonsils out used to be just part of childhood — a rite of passage for children in the 1950s and 1960s. Then it fell out of favor.But tonsillectomy is back.
Today, the most common reason for the surgery is "sleep disordered breathing," a broad diagnosis that includes sleep apnea and snoring. About 10 percent of elementary-school-age children snore.
Doctors say snoring can cause bed-wetting, behavior problems, short stature and poor school performance. That's a far cry from the 1950s and 1960s, when tonsillectomy was used to fight frequent sore throats.
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