Three-dimensional assessment of facial growth of severe upper airway obstruction children after adenoid and tonsills surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Respiratory tract diseases.
- Registration Number
- RBR-3sq5hv
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
children with OSA diagnosed by polissonography;
Brodsky's grade 3 or 4 palatine hypertrophy tonsils;adenoid hypertrophy above 75% confirmed by nasopharyngo-laryngoscopy;indication of adeno/-tonsillectomy
Exclusion Criteria
Children with genetic syndromes and neuromuscular disease; children with a perforation of the nasal septum and/or craniofacial alterations; children diagnosed of pulmonary hypertension due to heart disease or with a previous history of adenotonsillectomy;children who could not be submitted to the examinations proposed
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of obstrutive parameters and craniofacial growth ina consecutive series of children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea after adenotonsillectomy;There were improvements in some obstructive parameters in adenotonsilectomized Obstructive Sleep Apnea children. ;There were not changes in the maxillary and mandibular pattern growth in adenotonsilectomized Obstructive Sleep Apnea children.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method