Vol.96 No.4 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 96 No. 4 April 2003
A Review of 77 Cases, Tonsillectomy
in Children
Rie Karaki
(Kagawa Children's Hospital)
Seiko Fujiwara
(Kagawa Medical University)
Results of tonsillectomy in 77 patients consisting mainly of children from October 1998 to September 2001 are reported. The patients were divided into four illness groups: 40 patients with tonsil hypertrophy, 30 with recurrent tonsillitis, 5 with chronic tonsillitis, and 2 with focal tonsillitis. The ages ranged from 1 to 21 years. Sixty percent of the patients were under 6 years of age. Chief complaints were recurrent tonsillitis, snoring and sleep apnea.
A questionnaire survey was performed to investigate the postoperative effects of tonsillectomy on subjective symptoms for 77 patients. Improvement of preoperative subjective symptoms was found in 41 of 42 patients (97.6％). Almost all patients were satisfied with having undergone tonsillectomy.
Key words : tonsillectomy, tonsillar diseases, questionnaire survey study