adenoidectomy

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adenoidectomy

(ˌædɪnɔɪˈdɛktəmɪ)

n, pl -mies

(Surgery) surgical removal of the adenoids

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adenoidectomy

Surgery to remove the adenoids.

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adenoidectomy - surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy

ablation, cutting out, extirpation, excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissue

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ad·e·noid·ec·to·my

n. adenoidectomía, extirpación de la adenoide.

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adenoidectomy

n (pl -mies) adenoidectomía

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The primary types of ENT surgery procedures are tonsillectomy, ear procedures (myringoplasty, tympanoplasty), functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), tracheostomy, thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy, adenoidectomy, tongue operations (glossectomy, frenectomy), laryngeal operations, pharyngeal operations, and radical neck dissection.

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Kao-Ping Chua, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues conducted a cohort analysis involving 22,567 opioid-naive children aged 1 to 18 years with a claims code for tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy; the final sample included 15,793 children.

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Since tonsillectomy is an intervention mostly performed in children and often together with adenoidectomy, steps for adenoidectomy were added to the tonsil-OSATS that was used as base for the Turkish adaptation and the validity and the reliability of the adapted version was assessed.

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Removal of tonsils is called tonsillectomy, removal of adenoid is called adenoidectomy, removal of both is called adenotonsillectomy, with the advent of modern newer techniques and advances in general anaesthesia and these surgeries are safe and are generally done as a day care procedure.

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Adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy are commonly performed in childhood; however these procedures might cause an immunologic imbalance and increase atopy or allergic diseases [2].

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Adenoidectomy is very commonly carried out in children to relieve them of the discomfort and agony of recurrent infections and more importantly nasal obstruction.

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Thereby in present study, we tried to find out how much improvement in hearing is achieved when myringotomy and grommet insertion procedure is done supplemented with adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy.

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The researchers suggest renewed evaluation of alternatives to these common paediatric surgeries that include removal of tonsils (tonsillectomy) to treat chronic tonsillitis or adenoids (adenoidectomy) to treat recurrent middle ear infections.