Adenoidectomy WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Adenoidectomy
Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids. They may be removed for several reasons, including impaired breathing through the nose and chronic infections or earaches. The surgery is common. It is most often done on an outpatient basis under general anesthesia. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Adenoids are removed because of the following: difficulty in breathing and sleeping at night, constant mouth breathing due to large adenoids and frequent ear infections.1
- Adenoids are on the posterior nasopharyngeal wall posterior to the nasal cavity.2
- All surgical procedures have risks and potential complications.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ The Children's Hospital at Westmead: Adenoidectomy
- ↑ eMedicine: Adenoidectomy
- ↑ MedicineNet: Adenoidectomy Surgical Instructions
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Surgical removal of the adenoids, Adeniodectomy
- Last update: Sep. 16, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
