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Adenoidectomy: does it work?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2006

P J Robb
P J Robb
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Epsom, Surrey, UK
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Abstract

Adenoidectomy is a common, routine paediatric operation for which the evidence base for effectiveness is lacking. While there is a broad evidence base of variable quality for other common children's ENT operations, most published data including adenoidectomy is combined with the effect of combined tonsillectomy or grommet surgery. For the common indications for adenoidectomy, does it work?

Keywords

AdenoidectomyOtorhinolaryngologic Surgical ProceduresOutcome Assessment
Type
Review Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 121 , Issue 3 , March 2007 , pp. 209 - 214
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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Footnotes

An abridged version of this paper was presented to the Section of Laryngology and Rhinology, Paediatric Rhinology session at the Royal Society of Medicine, 2 December 2005.