Objectives
The aim of our analysis is to evaluate the need of ipsilateral tonsillectomy within the surgical treatment of BCA due to the recurrence rate in surgical treated BCA.

2 Material and Methods

The work has been reported in line with the STROCSS criteria in its updated version.[22] The trial has been registered under researchregistry7772, “The role of ipsilateral tonsillectomy in the extirpation of branchial cleft anomalies- A retrospective monocentric analysis over 13 years”.