Lingual tonsils hypertrophy; a cause of obstructive sleep apnea in children after adenotonsillectomy: Operative problems and management

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1127-1131

  Abdel Aziz, Mosaad ^a   Ibrahim, Neamat ^a   Ahmed, Abeer ^a   El Hamamsy, Mostafa ^b   Abdel Khalik, Mohamed I ^a   El Hoshy, Hassan ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Lingual tonsils; Pediatric airway; Pediatric anesthesia; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LINGUAL TONSIL HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONSIL DISEASE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051885983     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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