Dear Editor, We read with a great interest the article by Costantini et al. 1 entitled Videoendoscopic adenoidectomy with microdebrider (Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2008;28:26-9). This procedure offers several advantages: an improved fi eld of vision, continuous suction of blood, and extreme precision in removing the adenoid tissue. In their study, the validity and safety of this videoendoscopic...

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in patients with Down syndrome usually relieves symptoms of upper airway obstruction due to adenotonsillar hypertrophy. A retrospective review of 16 patients with Down syndrome who underwent a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy was conducted to define early postoperative morbidity, and to evaluate the results of the procedure. Fifteen of 16 patients had upper airway...

OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence of symptomatic tubal tonsil hypertrophy (TTH) after adenoidectomy and to attempt to differentiate the clinicoradiographic presentation of TTH from that of recurrent or residual adenoid. DESIGN Retrospective case series review. SETTING Pediatric otolaryngology practice in a tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS The charts of all patients scheduled to undergo r...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of synchronous airway lesions and esophagitis in children younger than 18 months undergoing adenoidectomy for adenoid hypertrophy and upper airway obstruction. DESIGN Retrospective review spanning 4.5 years. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS All children younger than 18 months who underwent adenoidectomy for upper airway obstruction ...

Objective. The aim of this study was to compare the differences in thyroid hormone, intelligence, attention, and quality of life (QoL) of children with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) before and after endoscopic adenoidectomy. Method. A total of 35 OSAHS children (21 males and 14 females with a mean age of 6.81 ± 1.08 years) were included in this study for analyzing the levels...

abstract background: the children with middle ear effusion need repeated re-tympanostomies. adenoidectomy is an effective surgical intervention in the management of chronic otitis media with effusion in conjunction with in-sertion of tympanostomy tubes (tts). to find out whether tts in different positions decrease the rate of re-tympanostomies study was done. methods: the present study retrospe...

BACKGROUND Adenoidectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in children in the United States. Indications for adenoidectomy include chronic or recurrent otitis media, as well as subjective upper airway obstructive symptoms such as nasal obstruction with chronic mouth breathing, snoring, chronic rhinitis, and chronic or recurrent sinusitis. When the indication includes obstr...

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of adenoidectomy without concurrent tonsillectomy in the treatment of upper airway obstruction, by determining rates and risk factors for subsequent tonsillectomy. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study with nested case-control study. Data were evaluated using Kaplan-Meyer curves with Cox proportional hazards regression analysis, as well as contingency table and log...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate audiological outcomes following adenoidectomy by the classical method and by endoscopically-assisted adenoidectomy using a powered instrument (microdebrider). MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted in a tertiary care center. It included 40 patients divided into two equal groups of 20 each. Group-A patients underwent classical adenoide...

OBJECTIVES Adenoidectomy is the first step in the surgical management of children with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Adenoidectomy, however, is only effective in half of these children. Although endoscopic sinus surgery is effective for CRS, there is concern for facial growth retardation and major complications. We propose that balloon catheter sinuplasty (BCS) is a minimally invasive, effectiv...