Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi 2006 Feb; 20(4): 166-8 (Read article online)

Hui L, Yan A, Yu G

OBJECTIVE: To assess the adenoid size in children by flexible fibrescope examination and outline an effective therapeutic program according to the examination. METHOD: In this study, the flexible fibrescope examination of the nasal cavity and nasopharynx and a lateral skull radiograph examination were performed in 130 children with snoring and the same examinations were performed in another 30 children without snoring. RESULT: The size of adenoid was negatively associated with the degree of snoring. (P < 0.01). There is a high correlation between the flexible fibrescope examination and the lateral skull radiograph examination (r = 0.435, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: The application of the flexible fibrescope examination of the nasal cavity and nasopharynx has proved to be of great clinical value, especially in the selection of children for adenoidectomy. It is an examination with minor invasion which can be well tolerated by most children, giving more information than a lateral skull radiograph and avoiding unnecessary radiation.