 Data will be collected regarding gender, age, history of tonsillitis number of sore throats per year over the past 3 years and regarding predefined outcomes: duration of hospital stay, duration of sick leave, use of antibiotics, VAS score and use of painkillers. The patient is also asked to indicate when he feels well again and free from disease. Quality of life will be measured using the Glasgow benefit Inventory which is validated for use in ENT-surgery. In addition, in the tonsillectomy group data regarding the number of episodes postoperative bleeding and readmissions will be collected and in the aspiration group data regarding the number of aspirations outpatient controls and number of rescue tonsillectomies due to failure of aspiration treatment will be collected. 