Open AccessCombined Conventional and Endoscopic Microdebrider-Assisted Adenoidectomy: A Tertiary Centre Experience
Author(s) -
Amal T. Das,
S. Prakash,
V Priyadarshini
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24682.9394
Subject(s) - adenoidectomy , medicine , adenoid hypertrophy , adenoid , surgery , blood loss , swallowing , anesthesia , tonsillectomy
Adenoidectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in children. Conventional adenoidectomy is associated with incomplete adenoid tissue removal with persistence of symptoms. The advent of rigid nasal endoscopes, cold light source, fiber optics and powered instruments used in functional endoscopic sinus surgery helped in the development of endoscopic microdebrider-assisted adenoidectomy.