Adenotonsillectomy may offer long-term benefits for children with breathing problems

Two and a half years after children with sleep-related breathing disorders had surgery to remove their tonsils and adenoids (glands in the back of the throat), they appear to sleep better than they did before the procedure but not as well as they did six months after, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Initial improvements in their behaviour were maintained except when measured by an index of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms...

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