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Safety of powered instrumentation for adenoidectomy. 1998

H A Heras, and P J Koltai

Section of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Albany Medical College, NY 12208, USA.

A recent study established the utility of an endoscopic shaver for adenoidectomy in children by the transoral approach and showed that power assisted adenoidectomy (PAA) was significantly faster with a trend toward decreased blood loss. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the safety of power assisted adenoidectomy in a large cohort of patients. A retrospective review was performed of 329 patients who had adenoidectomy by powered instrumentation. Postoperative complications were documented and compared with a similar group that had curette adenoidectomy. Complications watched for included prolonged recovery, postoperative hemorrhage, readmission for dehydration, velopharyngeal insufficiency, and nasopharyngeal stenosis. No postoperative complications were seen in the power assisted adenoidectomy group. This review confirms the safety of power assisted adenoidectomy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D004869	Equipment Safety	Freedom of equipment from actual or potential hazards.	Device Safety,Hazards, Equipment,Medical Device Safety,Safety, Equipment,Device Safety, Medical,Safety, Medical Device,Equipment Hazard,Equipment Hazards,Hazard, Equipment,Safety, Device
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000233	Adenoidectomy	Excision of the adenoids. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Adenoidectomies
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective