BACKGROUND Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) is a common childhood disorder that encompasses a range of sleep-related upper airway obstruction. Children with SDB demonstrate significant neurocognitive deficits. Adenotonsillectomy is the first line of treatment for SDB and whilst this improves respiratory disturbance, it remains to be established whether neurocognitive gains also result. METHOD...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES In recent years, with the rise of sleep-disordered breathing, we have been seeing more articles related to post-operative complications after adenotonsillectomy in children with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAS), especially in those with severe sleep apnea. The objective of this study was to evaluate post-operative complications in children with severe OSAS compar...

BACKGROUND Tonsils and adenoids are involved in both local immunity and immune surveillance for the development of immune defence mechanisms. A number of investigators have found decreased immunoglobulin levels after adenotonsillectomy while others have failed to find significant changes. The effects of adenotonsillectomy on the cellular immunity of children have not been investigated extensive...

INTRODUCTION Sleep disorder caused by adenotonsillar hypertrophy has been implicated as a cause of primary and secondary nocturnal enuresis in children. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of adenotonsillectomy on enuresis in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective cohort study was conducted in Hamadan City in Western Iran, from April 20...

OBJECTIVES Adenotonsillar hypertrophy is the most common etiology in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), and adenotonsillectomy is the mainstay of treatment modalities. This study evaluates the long-term effectiveness of adenotonsillectomy in children with OSAS. METHODS Subjective symptoms evaluated with a 7-point Likert scale and objective respiratory disturbances evaluated by...

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...

OBJECTIVES It is well known that allergic rhinitis (AR) has positive association with adenotonsillectomy. However, the impact of AR on symptom improvement after adenotonsillectomy is not well documented. Hence, we aimed to evaluate the effect of AR on the symptom improvement after adenotonsillectomy between AR and nonallergic patients. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed on 250 ped...

OBJECTIVES Most children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) have mild-to-moderate forms, for which neurobehavioral complications are believed to be the most important adverse outcomes. To improve understanding of this morbidity, its long-term response to adenotonsillectomy, and its relationship to polysomnographic measures, we studied a series of children before and after clinically indicate...

OBJECTIVES Assess the overall quality of information on adenotonsillectomy and ear tube surgery presented on YouTube (www.youtube.com) from the perspective of a parent or patient searching for information on surgery. METHODS The YouTube website was systematically searched on select dates with a formal search strategy to identify videos pertaining to pediatric adenotonsillectomy and ear tube s...

BACKGROUND/AIM The aim of this study was to estimate the quality of life (QOL) in children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) before and after adenoidectomy and before and after adenotonsillectomy using the OSA-18 survey. SETTING AND DESIGN The prospective study included sixty children with symptoms of SDB caused by enlarged adenoids or tonsils, of both sexes, aged 3-12 years, consecutivel...