作者: Britt K. Erickson , Dirk R. Larson , Jennifer L. St. Sauver , Ryan A. Meverden , Laura J. Orvidas
DOI: 10.1016/J.OTOHNS.2009.01.044
关键词: Tonsillectomy 、 Tonsillitis 、 Incidence (epidemiology) 、 Retrospective cohort study 、 Airway obstruction 、 Epidemiology 、 Confidence interval 、 Adenoidectomy 、 Pediatrics 、 Medicine 、 Surgery
摘要: Objective: To investigate 35-year epidemiological trends in tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy.Study Design/Subjects: Cross-sectional survey. Subjects included all patients from birth to age 29 years who had or adenotonsillectomy 1970 2005.Results: Study 8106 (median 8.0 years; range, 6 months male 3646 [45%]). Overall incidence increased 126 (95% confidence interval [CI], 111-140) per 100,000 person-years through 1974 153 CI, 139-166) 2000 2005. A dominant factor, rose sharply 243 223-261) 485 462-509) The indication of upper airway obstruction 12 percent 77 2005.Conclusions: Epidemiological have shifted substantially. numbers increased, surgical indications ha...