INTRODUCTION Adenotonsillar hypertrophy is a typical cause of surgery in children. Evaluation and identification of patients as potential candidates tonsillectomy is a primary concern for otolaryngologists. This study focuses on the results of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) after tonsillectomy in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study examined 50 patients suffering from t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of in-office, temperature-controlled radiofrequency submucosal tissue volume reduction using the Somnoplasty procedure for the treatment of symptomatic chronic obstructive tonsillar hypertrophy. DESIGN A prospective, nonrandomized, 3-phase protocol using in vitro and in vivo studies associated with operative tonsillectomy and clinical procedures p...

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disorder in childhood with high prevalence in syndromic subjects with craniofacial malformations. Proteus Syndrome (PS) is a rare hamartoneoplastic disorder associated with disproportionate and asymmetric overgrowth of body parts and hypertrophy or malformation of lymphatic tissues, such as palatine tonsils. We report a case of a 12-year-old b...

SUMMARY 2000 ,Tehran schoolaged children, were included in a randomized trial to evaluate the risk factors for otitis media with effusion through interviews, a written questionnaire, otoscopy pneumatic and tympanometry. We found that the incidence of OME increased in children with parents who smoke (P<0.001) and were bottle fed as babies (P<0.005). Others factor such as, allergy, sinusitis, p...

&lt;p class="abstract"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Chronic tonsillitis is diagnosed when an individual has 7 episodes of in 1 year, 5 2 consecutive years, or 3 each year for years consecutively. There correlation clinical and histopathological findings patients with chronic tonsillitis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="abstract"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; It prospective study...

BACKGROUND Known causes of superficial punctuate keratopathy (SPK) in children include entropion, viral infection, blepharokeratoconjunctivitis (BKC), and toxicity of eye drops. However, there are some SPK patients whose causes could not be identified well. Herein, we describe the history, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of a rare case. CASE PRESENTATION To report a case of superficial pu...

UNLABELLED Given the importance of studying the causes of learning disorders, we designed this case-control study to assess the nasal cavity volume, pharyngeal and palatine tonsils in children with and without learning disabilities. METHOD A total of forty-eight children were enrolled in the study: twenty-four coming from the Center for Evaluation and Early Stimulation (CADEP), in which the c...