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Jack L. Paradise, MD

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In their clinical trial of adenotonsillectomy in children with "mild to moderate symptoms of throat infection," Buskens et al¹ found that children in the adenotonsillectomy group, compared with children in the watchful-waiting group, experienced 0.21 fewer episodes of throat infection per person-year during a median follow-up period of 22 months. The authors concluded, with good reason, that this degree of benefit was inconsequential. Notably, however, the criteria for entry in their trial consisted of either a history obtained from parents (but without mention, by the authors, of documentation) of 3 or more episodes of throat infection in the preceding year or "other indications such as symptoms of obstruction or recurrent upper respiratory tract infections." Approximately one-half of the children in the trial were enrolled on the basis of these "other indications," and in these children, a history of throat infection, if any, was not described. It . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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