Comparison of Sleep Study Results After Partial Intracapsular Tonsillectomy Versus Total Tonsillectomy

Completed

Conditions studied: Sleep-disordered Breathing, Obstructive Sleep Apnea

In brief

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate similar improvements in sleep-disordered breathing as determined by sleep study with microdebrider-assisted partial intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy versus total Bovie electrocautery tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00887471

Run by

State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center

People needed

30

Starts

2006-08-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-02-10

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The medical records of 149 children who underwent partial intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center or the Long Island College Hospital will be reviewed to identify children with positive preoperative polysomnography. 18 of those with positive preoperative studies will be randomly selected and offered participation in the study.
• Once enrolled, the participants will be matched by age, sex, time since procedure and polysomnography results (Apnea Hypopnea Index Index within 5) to 18 children who underwent traditional tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (out of a total of 455 patients).

You may not qualify if…

• Recurrent tonsillitis
• Craniofacial syndromes
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Sickle cell disease

Where it is running

• SUNY Downstate Medical Center — Brooklyn, New York, United States

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