Effectiveness of Adenotonsillectomy vs Watchful Waiting in Young Children With Mild to Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adenotonsillectomy (ATE) is one of the most common surgical procedures to treat children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but to our knowledge there are no randomized clinical trials confirming the benefit of surgery compared with watchful waiting in children between 2 and 4 years of age.

Objective

To determine whether ATE is more effective than watchful waiting for treating otherwise healthy children with mild to moderate OSA.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial was conducted from December 2014 to December 2017 at the Otorhinolaryngology Department of the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. A total of 60 children, 2 to 4 years of age, with an obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (OAHI) score of 2 or greater and le

SUBMITTER: Fehrm J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7256861 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature