Study of weight and height development in children after adenotonsillectomy.
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
; 74(3): 391-4, 2008.
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| ID: mdl-18661013
UNLABELLED: The daily clinical observation of weight-height growth delays in children with obstructive hypertrophy of the pharyngeal and palatine tonsils is a workaday practice in pediatric otorhinolaryngology, and the surgical correction of this condition, when properly done in time, through adenotonsillectomy, can lead to a "catch up growth". AIM: To investigate the real weight-height gain present in this population when they are surgically treated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Through a clinical prospective study, two groups of children carrying pharyngopalatine hypertrophy were followed up: group 1 was submitted to surgical intervention, and group 2 was not. All patients underwent standardization of anthropometrical measurements (weight and height), including their age-related percentiles, in the beginning and at the end of 06 (six) months. RESULTS: While group 1 increased its height average in relation to the initial average in 6.66 cm, the control group increased its average in 1.9 cm (p=0.0004). In relation to weight, group 1 increased 2150 g in average, while group 2 presented an average increase of 690 g (p=0.0010). CONCLUSIONS: The children that underwent adenotonsillectomy acquired a higher weight-height growth potential in relation to those children who were not operated.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tonsila Palatina
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Tonsilectomia
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Adenoidectomia
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Tonsila Faríngea
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Tamanho Corporal
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
Assunto da revista:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil