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KMID : 0374019940170030213
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Ewha Medical Journal
1994 Volume.17 No. 3 p.213 ~ p.220
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Effect of T & A in Treating CMS in Children
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정성민
김영주/박미향/주명실/이지애
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Abstract
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Chronic maxillary sinusitis is one of the most common disorder in pediatric otolaryngology and it is remained also the major problem restrict to management. Management of the children with chronic maxillary sinusitis is a through search for
underlying
etiologic anatomical, systemical and local factor. As one of etiologic factors, hypertrophied tonsils and adenoid cause obstruction of narrow narrow nasopharynx and stagnation and infection of paranasal sinus. But chronic maxillary sinusitis is
remained
uncontrolled disease in spite of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, maxillary antrum puncture and irrigation, and antibiotic therapy.
This follow up research was performed in 104 cases that received tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy at department of otolaryngology, Ewha University Hospital during last 5 years(from 1996 January to 1990 December), they showed chronic maxillary
sinusitis
by preoperative PNS X-ray.
The result was that improvement of chronic maxillary sinusitis was noted in 57% at survey study and in 63% at PNS x-ray study after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.
The purpose of this reserch was to determine whether the tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy was effective in treating chronic maxillary sinusitis in children.
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