[A clinical study of the acoustic rhinometry in nasal and nasopharyngeal airway of children with adenoid vegetation].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the significance of the AR measurement in diagnosis of adenoid vegetation and evaluation of the efficiency of adenoidectomy.


METHODS
Twenty-three healthy children and 27 children with adenoid vegetation were studied by ECCOVISION acoustic rhinometry (AR).


RESULTS
Tthe NAR of the in-patients before adenoidectomy [(0.44 +/- 0.17) kPa x L(-1) x min(-1)] were significantly (P < 0.05) greater than that of the healthy children [(0.33 +/- 0.17) kPa x L(-1) x min(-1)],while the total NPV [(14.74 +/- 5.01) cm3] were significantly (P < 0.01) smaller [(19.77 +/- 5.77) cm3]. The NAR of the in-patients after adenoidectomy [(0.36 +/- 0.21) kPa x L(-1) x min(-1)] were significantly (P < 0.05) smaller than that before adenoidectomy. The total NPV [(17.93 +/- 4.56) cm3] were significantly (P < 0.05) greater than that before adenoidectomy.


CONCLUSIONS
AR has significant importance in diagnosis of adenoid vegetation and it is also an efficient method to evaluate the efficiency of adenoidectomy.
Wang
Yafang
Y
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, 050082, China.
Li
Xiaoming
X
Li
Jianhong
J
Su
Jinzhu
J
D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000403:Airway Resistance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000503:physiopathology*; D023842:Rhinometry, Acoustic