Although there is abundant literature for both experimental and numerical studies of respiratory aerosol exposure in nasal airways, research efforts concentrating on diseased cavities undergoing pathological changes remain significantly less. This paper presents a comparative study pre- post-operative airway models based 3-year-old cavity model with severe nasopharynx obstruction due to the pre...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of adenoidectomy compared with long term chemoprophylaxis and placebo in the prevention of recurrent acute otitis media in children aged between 10 months and 2 years. DESIGN Randomised, double blind, controlled trial. SETTING Oulu University Hospital, a tertiary centre in Finland. PARTICIPANTS 180 children aged 10 months to 2 years with recurrent acute ...

BACKGROUND Otitis media is the most common medical problem in young children. The usual surgical treatment is myringotomy with insertion of tympanostomy tubes. There is debate about the usefulness of concomitant adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy. We examined the effects of these adjuvant procedures on the rates of reinsertion of tympanostomy tubes and rehospitalization for conditions related ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The near universality of otitis media with effusion (OME) in children makes a comparative review of treatment modalities important. This study’s objective was to compare the effectiveness of surgical strategies currently used for managing OME. METHODS: We identified 3 recent systematic reviews and searched 4 major electronic databases. Eligible studies included randomi...

Chronic otitis media with effusion is an inflammatory process of the mucosa of the middle ear persisting for more than 3 months, being most frequent in infancy, and is correlated with marked tube obstruction. In infancy, the most frequent cause of this obstruction is adenoid hypertrophy and diagnosis, clinical or radiological, is often not confirmed by rhinopharynx fiberendoscopy. Since, in the...

OBJECTIVES To present and discuss the clinical presentation and treatment planning in children with acquired nasopharyngeal stenosis (NPS) following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Tertiary care center. PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS Nine children identified over 2 years (1995-1996) with newly diagnosed NPS were evaluated. Seven of these children underwent ad...

BACKGROUND Velopharyngeal insufficiency is an uncommon complication of adenoidectomy. Persistent velopharyngeal insufficiency following adenoidectomy (VIA) may occur in association with an unrecognized syndrome, such as velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS). Although the diagnosis of VCFS is primarily a clinical one, a test has been developed to identify the underlying chromosomal abnormality, ie, d...