Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

Endoscopic Evaluation of Size of Adenoids in Children with Glue Ear

Sunaina Binth Hamza, Ranjith V T

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Otitis media with effusion (OME) or glue ear is one of the commonest chronic otological conditions of childhood. Two third of children have had at least one episode of OME by the age of 3 years and in one third of them it is asymptomatic1. Chronic OME is associated with heå loss and delayed speech development and may cause permanent middle ear damage with mucosal changes2. Mechanical obstruction of the eustachian tube (ET) is one of the main identifiable causes of ET dysfunction, especially due to adenoid hypertrophy (AH) in the pediatric age group. Office nasal endoscopy offers several advantages over the lateral skull radiograph in the evaluation of adenoid hypertrophy. The main objective of this study is to know the association between size of adenoids and occurrence of OME and to evaluate the grades of AH by nasal endoscopy. ET and airway obstruction can be readily identified through nasal endoscopy in all 3 planes. Size of the adenoid in respect to the nasopharynx along with palatal movements and its effects on ET can be studied very well by this technique. This study gives support to the concept that nasal endoscopy is the gold standard for assessing adenoids. .

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ENDOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF SIZE OF ADENOIDS IN CHILDREN WITH GLUE EAR, Sunaina Binth Hamza, Ranjith V T GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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