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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

The Long-Term Effects of 12-Week Intranasal Steroid Therapy on Adenoid Size, Its Mucus Coverage and Otitis Media with Effusion: A Cohort Study in Preschool Children.

Aleksander Zwierz, Krystyna Masna, Krzysztof Domagalski, Paweł Burduk

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Maximal medical treatment of adenoid hypertrophy: a prospective study of preschool children.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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  7. [Strategies for preventing postoperative recurrence of adenoid hypertrophy].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aleksander ZwierzDepartment of Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5824-8709
Krystyna MasnaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Krzysztof DomagalskiDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Torun, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9766-8730
Paweł BurdukDepartment of Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Nicolaus Copernicus University · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe purpose of this study is to analyse the long-term effects of a 12-week course of topical steroids on adenoid size and its mucus using endoscopy and on middle ear effusion measured by tympanometry.

methodsThe study presents an endoscopic choanal assessment of the change in adenoid size (adenoid to choanae ratio, A/C ratio) and its mucus coverage in 165 children with Grade II and III adenoid hypertrophy three to six months after finishing a 12-week course of intranasal steroid treatment with mometasone furoate. Additionally, tympanometry was performed to measure middle ear effusion. Changes in the tympanograms were analysed.

resultsThe mean A/C ratio before treatment was 65.73%. Three to six months after finishing a 12-week course of intranasal steroid treatment, the mean A/C ratio decreased to 65.52%, although the change was not statistically significant (

conclusionsThe results indicate that there was no effect of topical steroids on adenoid size, its mucus and otitis media with effusion (OME) three to six months after finishing a 12-week course of treatment. In the light of performed study, decision of adenoidectomy and tympanostomy should not be procrastinated.

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adenoid hypertrophyendoscopic evaluationintranasal steroidsmucustopical steroids

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PMID35159959
PMCPMC8836378
OpenAlexW4205291117

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