Abstract
Methods The study was carried out on two groups of children aged between 6 and 18, diagnosed and treated in the Pediatric Hospital of Oradea in the period 2010-2012. In the first phase of the study, diagnosis was established on clinical and radiological criteria. The first group of 112 patients was submitted to adenoidectomy. The second group of 40 patients was given medicine instead of being submitted to surgical procedures. In the second phase, six months later, patients were re-evaluated clinically and with endoscopy.
Highlights
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the correlation between chronically sinusitis and chronically adenoiditis in children
The first group of 112 patients was submitted to adenoidectomy
There are no statistic differences between the two groups. In both groups the study showed the predominance of ethmoido-maxillary sinusitis
Summary
The study was carried out on two groups of children aged between 6 and 18, diagnosed and treated in the Pediatric Hospital of Oradea in the period 2010-2012. In the first phase of the study, diagnosis was established on clinical and radiological criteria. The first group of 112 patients was submitted to adenoidectomy. The second group of 40 patients was given medicine instead of being submitted to surgical procedures. Six months later, patients were re-evaluated clinically and with endoscopy
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