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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1995;38(9): 1465-9. |
The Diagnostic Value of Endoscopic Evaluation of Post-conventional Adenoidectomy Status |
Young Sin Kim, MD, Jeung Eun Kim, MD, Jong Tea Park, MD, Jong Hwan Lee, MD, Hyoung Keun Cha, MD, and Baik Aham Chang, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Seoul Adventist Hospital, Seoul, Korea |
고식적 아데노이드절제술후 비내시경 검사의 진단적 가치 |
김용신 · 김정은 · 박종태 · 이종환 · 차형근 · 장백암 |
서울위생병원 이비인후과 |
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ABSTRACT |
Adenoid vegetation is the most common cause of the upper airway obstruction in pediatric patients, There has been many methods to assess the adenoid size but no definitely accepted objective criteria for adenoid vegetation was made. We used the nasal endoscope to assess the adenoid size, residual nasopharyngeal airway and the condition of the eustachian tube orifice, then we compared these assessments with clinical symptoms, tympanogram and lateral neck radiograph. The authours concluded as follows : 1) The endoscopic types of adenoid were highly correlated with clinical symptoms and tympanograms(p<0.05). 2) The endoscopic examination of the adenoid and the condition of eustachian tube orifice provided informations about the causes of clinical complaints and specific site of lesion. 3) The lateral neck radiograph was not a accurate method for the evaluation of the adenoid vegetation.
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Keywords:
Conventional adenoidectomyㆍAdenoid vegetationㆍNasal endoscopeㆍLateral neck radiograph. |
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