Background: Day-case tonsillectomy is becoming popular with varying patients’ satisfaction. Whether day-case or overnight safe and preferred by patients has been debatable among otorhinolaryngologists. To date, majority of otorhinolaryngologists in Tanzania are practicing unlike what being practiced other parts the world. There scarce literature regarding whether surgical option patients.Object...

OBJECTIVE To study changes in quality of life in children after adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) documented by full night polysomnography. METHOD Children with OSA who fit the standard have been selected. They were asked to complete the OSA 18 quality of life survey before adenotonsillectomy and between 6 and 18 months after surgery. Scores from the preoperative and postop...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of adenotonsillectomy on asthma in the pediatric population. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. METHODS All children who underwent adenotonsillectomy at our institution from 2002-2007 were identified from a medical records database. Of the 560 charts reviewed, 93 of the patients had the diagnosis of asthma from a pediatric pulmonologist. Outcome mea...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate an institutional experience with perioral burns after adenotonsillectomy and to survey the national experience of other pediatric otolaryngologists regarding this complication. DESIGN A retrospective review of adenotonsillectomy cases from January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2005, was performed to determine the incidence, etiology, severity, and treatment of perioral burns...

OBJECTIVE Adenotonsillectomy is recognized as an effective therapy for snoring and sleep disorders in children. It is important to understand whether adenotonsillectomy significantly increases the volume of the pharyngeal space. The goal of this study was to evaluate the change in oropharyngeal volume after adenotonsillectomy and the correlation of this change with the objective volume of the t...

Adenotonsillectomy is not always successful in controlling obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children, and orthodontic treatment may be a helpful adjunction and sometime an important alternative. A total of 80 nonoverweight children (37 girls) with a high and narrow hard palate, based on an indepth orthodontic evaluation, were subdivided into two groups based on presence/absence of chronic adeno...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Data from a randomized, controlled study of adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) were used to test the hypothesis that children undergoing surgery had greater quality of life (QoL) and symptom improvement than control subjects. The objectives were to compare changes in validated QoL and symptom measurements among children randomized to undergo...

IMPORTANCE Pediatric adenotonsillectomy is one of the most frequently performed procedures in the United States. Whereas several studies have focused on tonsillectomy techniques and outcomes, little is known about the overall changes in the distribution of care. Variations in care patterns between academic and nonacademic settings may have important financial and educational effects. OBJECTIV...

PURPOSE To verify the speech therapy aspects of the stomatognathic system, including phonoarticulatory structures (lips, tongue, and soft palate) and swallowing, respiratory, speech, and phonation (vocal quality and resonance) functions, before and after undergoing adenotonsillectomy. METHODS The study included 22 children, 17 males and 5 females, aged between 5 and 10 years, suffering from h...