Open AccessLingual Tonsillectomy for Treatment of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Author(s) -
Kun-Tai Kang,
Peter J. Koltai,
Chia-Hsuan Lee,
Ming-Tzer Lin,
WeiChung Hsu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 2168-619X
pISSN - 2168-6181
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.4274
Subject(s) - tonsillectomy , medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , polysomnography , tonsil , hypopnea , sleep apnea , meta analysis , apnea , anesthesia , surgery
Evidence indicates correlations between lingual tonsil hypertrophy and pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, to our knowledge, a meta-analysis of surgical outcomes for lingual tonsillectomy in children with OSA has not been conducted.
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