| Indications and outcomes of adenoidectomy in infancy. | |
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PMID: 15535148 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Adenoid hypertrophy is one of the most common causes of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. Although adenoidectomy is the only effective treatment for adenoid hypertrophy, it is rarely performed in infants less than 1 year old. This study reports on the successful use of adenoidectomy in 24 infants less than 1 year old with a triad of upper airway obstruction symptoms, findings of obstructing adenoids, and obstructive sleep apnea (but no other anomalies). This is a retrospective case series reviewing each infant's clinical data, including presenting symptoms (with special emphasis on apnea episodes), physical examination findings, and results of other investigations such as polysomnography, endoscopy, pH-metry, and echocardiography. With careful preoperative and postoperative monitoring, the 24 infants underwent adenoidectomy without complications. After the procedure, all showed marked improvement with complete disappearance of symptoms of upper airway obstruction, failure to thrive, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Adenoidectomy was found to be sufficient and curative for such infants. |
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Authors:
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Anat Shatz |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology Volume: 113 ISSN: 0003-4894 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. Publication Date: 2004 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-11-10 Completed Date: 2004-12-02 Revised Date: 2006-05-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0407300 Medline TA: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 835-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Pediatric Airways Service, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Adenoidectomy* Airway Obstruction / surgery* Female Humans Infant Male Retrospective Studies Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / surgery* Treatment Outcome |
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