1. Adenotonsillar Surgery and Guidelines in Italy
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Pasquale Gianluca Landolfo, Domenico Testa, Eva Aurora Massimilla, Gaetano Motta, Sergio Motta, Lucrezia Spadera, Motta, Gaetano, Spadera, L., Landolfo, P. G., Massimilla, E. A., Motta, S., Testa, Domenico, G., Motta, D., Testa, L., Spadera, P. G., Landolfo, E. A., Massimilla, and Motta, Sergio
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Otorhinolaryngology ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Surgery ,Surgical procedures ,business - Abstract
Objective: 1) Ascertain the impact that guidelines on (adeno)-tonsillectomy have had on the clinical behavior of ENT specialists in Italy. 2) Evaluate the indications—inclusion criteria—for adeno-tonsillar surgery in children, adopted by ENT specialists, particularly referring to comorbidities.Method: A multicentric study including 14770 children undergoing (adeno)-tonsillectomy in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008 was conducted in 14 Italian otorhinolaryngological units. Data regarding indications and surgical procedures were gathered using a predesigned questionnaire and elaborated with analysis of variance, taking P value .05), with adenotonsillectomy comprising the most commonly performed (64.1%). No significant variations in the indications for these operations were observed, except for adenotonsillectomy in children having 5 or more fev...
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- 2012