title: [Relationship between adenoids hypertrophy and secretory otitis media].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigae the cause of secretory otitis media resulting from adenoids hypertrophy and the relationship between adenoids hypertrophy and secretory otitis media.
  
  
  METHODS
  According to the grades of adenoids hypertrophy, 140 children were divided into two groups: the group of middle-grade and the group of pathological hypertrophy. The effect about the degree of adenoids hypertrophy resulted in the descendent of middle ear function and the difference of incidence of secretory otitis media were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of secretory otitis media and the pattern of tympanic press were distinct difference in two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggested that there was a positive correlation among the grades of adenoids hypertrophy, the descendent degree of middle ear function and the incidence of secretory otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, No. 163 Hospital of PLA, Changsha, 410003, China.
authors.forename: Yangyun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhengliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhengxian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology