Laryngo- rhino- otologie
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Laryngo- rhino- otologie · Jul 2008
[Quality of life in children with obstructive sleeping disorder after tonsillectomy, tonsillotomy or adenotomy].
To study the effectiveness of adenotomy (AT), adenotonsillectomy (ATE) and adenotonsillotomy (ATT) with respect to the quality of life improvement in children with obstructive sleep disorders (OSD), OSA 18 survey and Brouillette score were used. ⋯ ATE and ATT have about the same effectiveness to improve life quality for children with OSD. Children after ATE or ATT have a comparable life quality as healthy children (Mann Whitney U-test; p approximately 0.15), while children who only received AT have a slightly lower life quality after the operation. In summary, ATT was recommend.