Indications for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy: Our experience

Ahmed, Abdulazeez; Aliyu, Isah Abubakar; Kolo, Emmanuel Sara

doi:10.4103/1119-3077.122855

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“…In the Erickson study, tonsillitis alone was an indication for surgery in 23% of cases in 2005 as compared to 88.4% in 1970 [26]. Internationally, this trend is similar as Ahmed found in his retrospective review that obstruction accounted for 69% of pediatric tonsillectomies performed from 2009 to 2010 [18]. Data gathered from the Hospital Episodes Statistic Data in England echoes this trend.…”

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confidence: 72%

Indications for tonsillectomy: A 10 year retrospective review

Patel

Straight

Lehman

et al. 2014

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Indications for tonsillectomy: A 10 year retrospective review

Patel

Straight

Lehman

et al. 2014

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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“…The mean age of children in this study was 3.9 years ± 2.64. This is smaller than what was reported by Ahmed et al, who reported age range of 0-18 years with a mean age of 5.44 years (+3.39 SD) and a median age of 5 years [19]. This inding could be because they included older children in their study.…”

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confidence: 60%

“…Male to Female ratio is 1.3:1. Age group 1-4 years had the highest number of patients while the age group 9-12 had the least ( Figure 1) Table 3 shows the distribution of tonsils enlargement by Brodsky grade with Grade III and Grade IV tonsils seen in 44%(63) and 13% (19) of patients respectively out of 142 total patients. Adenoidal obstruction was seen in 91% (129) of the children's.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of Adenotonsillectomy on Health-Related Quality of Life in Paediatric Patients

Aremu¹

2018

J Adv Pediatr Child Health

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Objective: To determine the impact of Adenotonsillectomy on Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children's before and after surgery. Study Design: Prospective, Observational, before and after the trial. 142 children who underwent Adenotonsillectomy were included in the study. Parents were made to fi ll pre and post-operative questionnaires which were customized from Tonsil and Adenoid health status instrument (TAHSI) and HR-QoL (Health-related quality of life) forms, one day prior to the surgery and 6 months after the surgery respectively, and the results were tabulated and analyzed. Setting: Tertiary pediatric otolaryngology practices. Result: Out of the 142 children in the study, 80 were male and 62 were female. Male to Female ratio is 1.3:1. Age group 1-4 years had the highest number of patients while the age group 9-12 had the least. Preoperatively the Mean score of the domain for Sleep disturbances, Physical Symptoms, Emotional distress, Daytime functions, and Caregiver concern was 14.1, 15.83, 6.89, 7.54, and 13.78 respectively. After 6 months of the surgery, the score decreased to 4.65, 4.22, 4.32, 3.1 and 4.2 respectively. This shows a signifi cant improvement in the symptom complex and the quality of the life. Conclusion: Adenotonsillectomy defi nitely leads to an improvement in the HRQoL in children as the majority of parents were extremely satisfi ed with the surgical outcome. Almost all of the parents reported a decrease in Sleep disturbances, Physical Symptoms, Emotional distress, Daytime functions, and Caregiver concern

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“…References revealed two additional potentially relevant studies. 67,68 Studies were excluded for the following reasons: only posttonsillectomy data was available, 24 no polysomnography or quantitative sleepiness data, 20,29,34,38,44,48,56,57,[60][61][62]64,65 the patient(s) underwent a tonsillectomy alone; however, the studies only reported data for the entire group which included additional surgeries, 28,41,[50][51][52][53] the patient(s) underwent another procedure simultaneously, 10,22,27,42,45,46,55,58,67,69 or the articles were review articles with no new data. 23,30 Seventeen studies 21,25,26,[31][32][33][35][36][37]39,40,42,49,54,<...>…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%