An objective evaluation of nasal airway obstruction by enlarged adenoids in children / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the clinical application value of nasal airway obstruction objectively and quantificationally by acoustic rhinometry (AR) in children with adenoid hypertrophy.@*METHOD@#Thirty patients with adenoid hypertrophy were examined with AR and questionnaire at preoperative and eight weeks after surgery. The values of AR were compared with those of 27 normal controls.@*RESULT@#There were significant differences between preoperative and postoperative in NAR and NPV (P 0.05); There were significant differences in NAR, NPV, MCSA between the patient group and the control group (P 0.05); There was negative correlation between MCSA and symptom scores (r = -0. 519, P 0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Acoustic rhinometry was an objective and quantitative method for evaluating nasal airway in children with adenoid hypertrophy. In interpretation the relationships of the results of acoustic rhinometry reflection measurements and subjective symptoms, MCSA should be the main reference.