They can be removed surgically, and that's called a tonsillectomy.

它们可以通过手术，被称为扁桃体术。

This chart shows the operation rate of tonsillectomies in Norway in different regions.

张图显了挪威不同地区扁桃体术的手术率。

Your older brother, Frank Jr., as you just mentioned, he died during a routine tonsillectomy.

你提到的你兰克小，他在一次常规的扁桃体手术中去世了。

You didn't want to be the first tonsillectomy and that's like routine.

你不想成为第一个做扁桃体手术的人，而那可是常规手术。

What might strike you is that there is twice the chance that your kid -- because this is for children -- will get a tonsillectomy in Finnmark than in Trondheim.

你可能会感到震惊的是，你的孩子 - 因为是给孩子的 - 在芬马克接受扁桃体术的机会是特隆赫姆的两倍。