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Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
Published in: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports 6/2010

01-11-2010

Role of Adenoidectomy in Otitis Media and Respiratory Function

Author: Petri S. Mattila

Published in: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports | Issue 6/2010

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Abstract

Adenoidectomy is among the most frequent surgical procedures performed on children. The rationale for adenoidectomy is to remove a chronically infected or enlarged and obstructing adenoid. Adenoidectomies are performed on children who have recurrent or chronic otitis media with effusion, on children with chronic rhinosinusitis, and on children with nasopharyngeal obstruction causing sleep disturbances and continuous mouth breathing. Various underlying factors that lead to adenoidectomy are also associated with asthma. Asthma is associated with recurrent respiratory tract infections predisposing individuals to recurrent or chronic otitis media and chronic rhinosinusitis. Children with asthma also have an increased risk of sleep-disordered breathing that is treated with adenoidectomy in the presence of nasopharyngeal obstruction. In nonasthmatic children, adenoidectomy does not influence the development of IgE-mediated allergy, bronchial hyperreactivity, or exhaled nitric oxide concentrations, all of which are surrogate asthma markers. Adenoidectomy in selected asthmatic children may relieve comorbidities associated with asthma.
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Metadata
Title
Role of Adenoidectomy in Otitis Media and Respiratory Function
Author
Petri S. Mattila
Publication date
01-11-2010
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 1529-7322
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6315
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11882-010-0138-7

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