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Snoring problem remains after surgery in some children
20 Mar 2008
Surgery to remove children's tonsils and adenoids to treat snoring problems may not help youngsters who are overweight or from African-American backgrounds, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre found that adenotonsillectomy - the removal of children's tonsils and adenoids - to treat sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) was successful in the short term.
However they claim that youngsters who gain weight rapidly, as well as African-American children, were found to relapse or suffer worse symptoms after the treatment.
The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, looked at 40 healthy children aged seven to 13-years-old.
Six weeks after surgery most of the children's snoring problems appeared to improve.
However after one year researchers found that obesity, rapid weight gain and ethnic background affected the success of the treatment in some children.
"SDB appears to be a chronic disorder that is clearly linked to other medical problems," researchers noted.
They concluded that children with SDB must be monitored closely for weight gain, especially those who are African-American.
An estimated one in ten children and adolescents in Europe suffer from a snoring problem.
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