Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are among the most commonly performed major pediatric
operations in the United States, with more than 500,000 procedures performed annually. 1 …

Objective To develop an expert-based consensus of recommendations for the diagnosis and
management of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. Methods A two-iterative Delphi method …

Objectives To compare postoperative self-reported recovery results with monopolar
tonsillotomy and cold dissection tonsillectomy in children. To evaluate the feasibility of the …

Tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in children
worldwide, with estimated 530,000 tonsillectomies with or without adenoidectomies …

Objectives/Hypothesis To compare and evaluate morbidity following pediatric tonsillectomy
(TE) and tonsillotomy (TT) performed due to tonsil‐related upper airway obstruction. Study …

Objective: The objective of our study was to compare our experience of intracapsular
tonsillotomy performed with the help of a microdebrider usually used for adenoidectomy with …

Objectives/Hypothesis To evaluate the application and advantages of coblation
tonsillectomy with inferior pole capsule preservation in pediatric patients with tonsillar …

Purpose Our previous randomized controlled trial (RCT) of children with obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) showed no significant differences between adenotonsillectomy (ATE) and …

Pediatric obstructive sleep-disordered breathing (oSDB) affects up to 7.5% of the pediatric
population. 1–4 Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by intermittent …

Objectives To use decision analysis modeling to compare utility and cost outcomes of
intracapsular tonsillectomy (ICT) and extracapsular tonsillectomy (ECT). To use sensitivity …