Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

Sharon D. Ramos; Shraddha Mukerji; Harold S. Pine

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2013.04.015

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

Sharon D. Ramos, Shraddha Mukerji, Harold S. Pine

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Abstract

Adenotonsillectomy (AT) is one of the most common pediatric surgical procedures performed in the United States; more than 530,000 are performed annually in children younger than 15 years of age. AT was traditionally performed for recurrent tonsillitis and its sequelae but in recent times, sleep-disordered breathing/obstructive sleep apnea in children has emerged as the primary indication for surgical removal of adenoids and tonsils. The new guidelines used by clinicians to identify children who are appropriate candidates for AT address indications based primarily on obstructive and infectious causes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	793-807
Number of pages	15
Journal	Pediatric Clinics of North America
Volume	60
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2013.04.015
State	Published - Aug 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adenotonsillectomy
Clinical recurrent tonsillitis
Sleep-disordered breathing/Obstructive sleep apnea

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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