OBJECTIVE To determine re-admission rate for post-tonsillectomy pain; the primary and secondary post-tonsillectomy bleeding rate; the percentage requiring control of post-tonsillectomy bleeding in children undergoing coblation tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN A descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill Hospital) between 2004 and 2006. METHODOLOGY...

INTRODUCTION Adenotonsillar hypertrophy is a common disorder among children which, without proper treatment, may lead to considerable problems. Although the consequences of this disorder have been studied in other articles, we decided to evaluate the changes in pulmonary function tests in these children after adenotonsillectomy, and the correlation between clinical and spirometric parameters. ...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to explore the effect of adenotonsillectomy on the improvement of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy. METHODS This prospective cohort study was conducted on 59 children aged 6-12 years with adenotonsillar hypertrophy and ADHD who were candidates for adenotonsillectomy at Besat Hospital, Hamad...

OBJECTIVE Although adenotonsillar hypertrophy has been reported to be the commonest cause of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), enlargement of the lingual tonsils is increasingly being recognized as a cause, even after adenotonsillectomy. The aim of our study was to elucidate the lingual tonsils hypertrophy as a cause of pediatric OSA and also to evaluate the efficacy of lingual tonsillec...

Upper airway obstruction (UAO) due to adenotonsillar hypertrophy represents one of the rare causes of pulmonary hypertension in children. We report a case of adenotonsillar hypertrophy, managed at pediatric and otorhinolaryngology departments in Bugando Medical Centre (BMC), northwestern Tanzania, with complete remission of symptoms of pulmonary hypertension following adenotonsillectomy. A 17-m...

INTRODUCTION Adenotonsillectomy is the most common surgery performed by otolaryngologists in pediatric age, and one of the most frequently asked questions about the postoperative period is whether there is a potential for change in vocal pattern of these children. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of adenotonsillectomy in the voice emission pattern of children with hypertrophy of palatine and ...

Tonsillectomy is rarely performed for life threatening reasons, but it has life-threatening complications. The most dreaded complication is haemorrhage. It is usually primary or reactionary in type, occurring any time up to 24 hours after operation. Studies are abound that show bleeding as the most common complication of adenotonsillectomy and the various methods to reduce the blood loss (Prasa...

In this issue of Weatherly et al. [ ] have described in their article, Identification and Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prior to Adenotonsillectomy in Children: A survey of Practice Patterns, how otolaryngologists approach sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children. Based on this study, SDB has overtaken recurrent throat infections as the major surgical indication for adenotonsillecto...

Objectives/Hypothesis Tonsillectomy is an effective treatment for periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome, but the role of adenoidectomy, as well later tonsillar regrowth, unclear. To find out if volume lymphoid tissue pivotal to efficacy, we analyzed association between relapse symptoms PFAPA syndrome regrowth after tonsillectomy or adenotonsill...

abstract  background: uncuffed endotracheal tube(ett) were considered for children less than 8 years. meanwhile, aspiration around ett in patients undergoing adenotonsillectomy is concerned.we compared cuffed versus uncuffed ett regarding respiratory complications following adenotonsillectomy.  methods: 128 children aged 2-8 yr were divided to two groups of 64 each. uncuffed and cuffed tubes we...