[Risk factors to develop adenoid vegetations in children]. / Faktory riska razvitia adenoidnykh vegetatsii u detei.

To evaluate perinatal factors of risk to develop adenoid vegetations in childhood, 600 children were examined. Their perinatal period and health in the first year of life were investigated. 400 examinees aged 2-12 years had adenoids of the second-third degree. 200 children aged 13-14 had no history of the lymphadenoid pharyngeal ring. The degree of the studied factors impact on development of pharyngeal tonsil affection was estimated using the unifactor dispersion analysis. Correlation was found between some complications of pregnancy and labour, health problems at birth and first year of life and development of adenoid vegetations.

[Functional characteristics of the central nervous system in children with pharyngeal tonsil lesions]. / Osobennosti funktsional'nogo sostoianiia tsentral'noi nervnoi sistemy u detei s patologiei glotochnoi mindaliny.

The analysis of the clinical and neurophysiological evidence obtained upon examination of children with adenoids has shown that pharyngeal tonsil affection is often accompanied by neurological disorders. Perinatal pathology does not influence significantly EEG alterations. Surgical treatment leads to positive changes of both general condition and neurophysiological indices, but part of the children with perinatal encephalopathy worsen because of aggravation of brain problems and appearance of epiphenomena. It is thought necessary to consider perinatal history when planning treatment policy for children with affection of the pharyngeal tonsil.