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Dr. Mark Gerber, otolaryngologist at NorthShore: "The tonsils have a vascular pedicle that’s right in the middle of the tonsil, and in order to take that whole tonsil out you have to cut through that pedicle right at the capsule of the tonsil, so you’re baring those vessels there.”