OBJECTIVES To test the effect of adenoidectomy in connection with tympanostomy compared with tympanostomy only in preventing otitis media in children younger than 2 years. DESIGN Prospective trial with randomized and nonrandomized arms. SETTING Primary care study clinics. PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTIONS The study participants were selected from 2497 children who had been enrolled in the Fi...

CONTEXT Adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy are commonly performed in US children to reduce the occurrence of persistent or recurrent otitis media, but evidence supporting the efficacy of the operations is limited. OBJECTIVES To test the efficacy of adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy in children with persistent or recurrent otitis media who had not previously undergone tube placement and t...

OBJECTIVE To assess the benefits of adenotonsillectomy in the treatment of pediatric patients with PFAPA (periodic fever, aphthous ulcers, pharyngitis, and adenitis) syndrome. DESIGN Prospective case series. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric hospital. PATIENTS Pediatric patients meeting criteria for PFAPA syndrome. INTERVENTION Tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy. MAIN OUTCOME M...

BACKGROUND Infection and obstruction are the most common indications for performing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. In the past, infection was the main indication for these procedures; however, in the last few decades obstruction is said to be more prominent as an indication when compared to infection. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to report our observations of indications for to...

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IMPORTANCE Adenoidectomy at initial tympanostomy tube placement (TT) may reduce the rate of repeated surgery for otitis media. OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of primary adenoidectomy as an adjuvant to TT (Ad + TT) compared with TT alone. DATA SOURCES PubMed and EMBASE electronic databases were searched with no publication year restrictions beyond those of the individual databases. ...

Adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy are the most common major operations done on children. The indications for tonsillectomy in certain clinical situations are constantly being debated in the literature and among professionals. We studied the efficacy (or lack of it) of adenotonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis (recurrent throat infections), oral nasal obstruction, peritonsillar abscess, eliminati...

AIM/BACKGROUND Tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures by the otolaryngologists in the pediatric population. The aim of this study is to evaluate parental expectation and satisfaction following tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hospital-based prospective study of all consented parents whose children...